Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Bird Feeder Visitors

Bird Feeder

Lots of birds visit this feeder:

Quick glimpse of typical birds resident locally visiting bird feeder in our backyard.

Bird Feeder Visitors in Chandler AZ

Monday, May 30, 2011

Indigo Bunting Facts

Bird Feeder

Very good article about the indigo bunting

He is the indigo bunting. Silhouetted against the sky, he looks black. But when he comes to the ground to feed, forage, court, or chase a rival, he is blue. No -- to call the indigo bunting blue is to do him a disservice. He is "indigo blue" -- rich and sparkling blue, like the treasured blue dye of the plant genus Indigofera which the classical Greeks and Romans imported from far distant India (hence the "indigo.")

Summer songster

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder By CWSF Student

Your Bird Feeder

The project took five months to complete. Ty had to identify the species of birds in his area, invent the feeder, run a base line experiment with clear containers and, finally, conduct a series of carefully monitored tests with various coloured bottles. His attention to detail and scientific rigour earned him a spot at the CWSF.

Snobelen: Big bucks not for bird brains

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Will There Be A New Law To Regulate Wild Bird Feeders?

Bird Feeder

James, who has proposed an ordinance which would make it illegal for anyone to "feed, keep or harbor pigeons or other wild or domesticated birds in the city so as to create ... offensive odors or unsanitary conditions ...," stressed he never intended to seek a ban of bird feeders, only regular maintenance to prevent old seed from lying on the ground to rot and attract rodents.

Will bird feeder law take flight in Falls?

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Night Owl At The Bird Feeder

Bird Feeder

Suddenly I realized why that owl was in this spot on the map. Not far away from him and a little below was one bird feeder, and another was located a little distant from that one.

ED GILBERT: The owl hoots at night