Make A Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder

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These videos show step by step how to make a squirrel proof bird feeder.

How To Make A Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder

Part 1

Part 2

House Finch Facts

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An excellent article about house finches.

Fall is a time of color, but generally not in birds. By now, many male birds have traded their colorful look-at-me breeding plumage for dull but safer camouflage colors.

Nature Notes

Winter Bird Feeder Set-Up

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Excellent article with tips for setting up your bird feeder, the types of foods to feed the birds and the birds that are attracted to it.

I know winter is still a ways off, but the birds in my yard tell me that it is getting closer. The first junco of the fall has already arrived along with migrating white crowned sparrows.

Master Gardener: Providing a winter banquet for the birds

Migration Of The Songbirds

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Excellent article about the migration of many songbirds.

Several times in the past month, I have stood in one place and counted black-capped chickadees passing. This morning (Oct. 26), in about an hour, my husband and I counted 285. All of these birds were moving from west to east along the Lake Ontario shore cliff west of Port Hope.

We're experiencing an irruption

Feed The Birds Day-Get Your Bird Feeder Ready

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Recap of Feed The Birds Day activities.

Old apples, cold rice and pastry trimmings are among the kitchen scraps that could save the lives of thousands of birds if this winter proves as hard as last year's, conservationists warned.

An apple a day: Britons urged to remember their feathered friends on Feed the Birds Day

Get Your Bird Feeder Ready For The Winter

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This article has a few tips for setting up your bird feeder for the winter.

DeGraaf Nature Center director/naturalist Rob Venner shared five tips on how to prepare your back yard for bird watching in the colder months.

5 things you should know about feeding winter birds

Another Bird Feeder Video

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This bird feeder is right outside one of the windows of my house.

Chickadee at Bird Feeder