Make a winter roosting box which can also be used as a bird house in the summer for nesting backyard birds. This is one of the woodworking projects we put together and thought we’d share. We have put two of these up and really enjoyed them. The size for nesting birds is suitable for screech [...]

One bit of weirdness that I have noticed in my area is that there is no evidence of yellow bellied sapsuckers. No tell tale, perfectly spaced holes in tree trunks, no quiet keer calls, no nothing. They aren’t an uncommon bird here either, but are a common winter resident. At my previous home there were [...]

Looks like I have a downy woodpecker roosting in one of my bluebird houses. Yay me! A few weeks ago we cleaned out the bird boxes for winter once I noticed the birds were checking them out in a flurry of hunting for winter roost spots. Winterizing involves removing old nests, wasps nests, general clean [...]

This morning was pretty chilly and the bird feeders were all quite active. The hummingbirds are at the end of their migration cycle – I only have juveniles left. The males left about two weeks ago, females last week and this week I have the poor juveniles all fluffed up and cold, just sitting on [...]

build a bird house for screech owls, woodpeckers This bird house should be a good size for screech owls, red headed woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, and great crested flycatchers. All are Georgia cavity nesting birds that often use abandoned woodpecker cavities for nesting, so providing them with a man made home could help [...]