Make Your Own Pine Cone Bird Feeder

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Here is a fun activity for the kids.

Summer or winter, this natural pinecone bird feeder is a decorative and simple craft for kids. Make a few and hang them from your trees outside as homemade outdoor ornaments.

Pinecone Bird Feeder

Are Birds Dependent On Your Bird Feeder?

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Very useful information. Birds enjoy our bird feeders, we help them survive, but they don't rely on the bird feeder alone.

Chances are good that readers of this column maintain a bird feeder. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates nearly a quarter of Americans feed the birds, a practice which has increased greatly in the past 20 years.

Birding: Birds know not to rely on feeders

Setting Up Your Bird Feeder-What Do You Need To Know?

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This is a good starting point for setting up a bird feeder.

I would like to work with my children to get some bird feeders started so we can all enjoy watching the birds. Can you give us some tips?

Garden Q&A: Bird feeders lead to bird watching

A Real Treat For The Birds At Your Bird Feeder

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This sounds like an interesting food to feeder your birds.

 This feeding trick involved toasted waffles and peanut butter. A perfect combination of winter warmth giving calories and soul-satisfying tastes for birds and humans alike.

Bird Feeding: Mohney's Waffle and Peanut Butter Advice Followed

 

Texas Bird Watching Competition

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Video of Texas Bird Watching Competition

Bird Watchers Compete in Texas

Cats Watching The Bird Feeder (Though A Window)

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I love this video of the bird feeder with the cats watching the birds through the window.

Watch the seasons change from autumn to winter right in front of Squirrel and Kitcat's eyes as they watch the birds come to their feeder.

 

The New Bird Feeder - Part 2

 

Recycle DVD Cake Into A Bird Feeder

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Creative recycling idea. A great way to add another bird feeder to your yard.

That old CD/DVD cake holder can be useful as a bird feeder.

DVD Cake Bird feeder

Eastern Screech-Owl In Their Natural Habitat

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Great video showing some Eastern Screen-Owls camouflged in trees. You could easily walk by them and not know they are there.

Enjoy an intimate look at the Eastern Screech-Owl's roosting habits as presented by Cornell Lab of Ornithology photographer Gerrit Vyn. 

Through the Lens: Eastern Screech-Owl Camouflage

Man Vs Squirrel At The Bird Feeder

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One man's struggle with keeping squirrels away from his bird feeder.

I put up my first feeder back in about June, and came home for lunch to find it lying, empty, on the ground.

Fighting the good fight against squirrels

Thanksgiving Day Bird Count

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Here's a fun activity for the whole family on Thanksgiving Day.

The 2010 Thanksgiving Day Bird Count will take place Thursday, Nov. 25 and is organized by the Juneau Audubon Society.

Turkeys don't count in this year's Thanksgiving Day Bird Count

Learn How To Identify Birds At Your Bird Feeder

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This looks like a good workshop. Check it out.

No, your bird-watching fix is not just a hobby. Now it can be a contribution to science.

Your Bird Feeder Can Help Contribute To Science

Beak Deformities Being Studied

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Fascinating study that has been going on about beak deformities. Scientists still don't know the cause.

The biologist team first began studying the beak deformities in black-capped chickadees in 1999. Crow beak deformities captured their attention soon after, so they launched the coastal studies project.

Mysterious beak deformities puzzle scientists

Video Of The Bird Feeder

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Nice video of the bird feeder. Some very good close-ups.

Bird Feeder at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

Squirrels At The Bird Feeder

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If a squirrel wants to get to your bird feeder-they will find a way. That is why it is important to keep your bird feeder away from trees where squirrels can dive off branches and land on your bird feeder.

We have bird feeders all with squirrel protectors on top. A lotta good that does. Our squirrels learned long ago (and have passed it down to all their children) how to leap off the tree limb, slide around the squirrel proctors, skoot down the bird feeder head-first, to enjoy the feast there.

Crazy Squirrels

Ground Bird Feeder Tips

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This article examines the benefits of a ground bird feeder, the types of birds it will attract and the best food to place on the feeder.

Although you can toss seed directly onto the ground, it's easier for you to see the birds and easier for them to see the seed from a ground feeder.

For the birds: Ground feeders good for birds, birdwatchers alike

Learn How To Tell Your Chickadees Apart

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This is a great article showing the difference between the Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee.

The Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and the Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) can be confusing species for eastern bird watchers to identify.

Tricky chickadees

Winter Finch Forecast

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Here is the latest Finch forecast for this winter.

Team eBird is pleased to once again host Ron Pittaway's Winter Finch Forecast. While the focus of this piece is on Ontario, we believe it has interest to a wider audience. From Ron: This winter's theme is that some finch species will irrupt into southern Canada and the northern United States, while other species will remain in the north.

Ron Pittaway's Winter Finch Forecast 2010-2011

Another New Bird Watcher Sets Up A Bird Feeder

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I was so excited to hang it all up, plus a smaller feeder I already had, and see what would happen. It took the birds a day or two to find the feeder but once they did....

I'm A Bird Watcher, I'm A Bird Watcher, Everyday....

Your Bird Feeder Should Be Ready For The Winter

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Here are a few ideas for getting your bird feeder and your yard ready for the birds this winter.

Birds of a feather flock together

Serviceberry, holly or hawthorn, mountain ash and crabapple attract birds. And hedgerows provide shelter from predators and weather. Birds also like brush piles that provide habitat.

Now Is A Good Time To Build Nest Boxes

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Cornell Lab Of Ornithology is suggesting building nest boxes at this time of the year.

Start with a nest box - place one in suitable habitat for a specific bird or look for common focal birds nesting nearby.

How to get started with nest monitoring

The Eurasian Collared-Dove In The United States

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Keep an eye out for the Eurasian collared-dove which is being spotted in different places in the United States.

The Eurasian collared-dove is much larger and heavier than our mourning dove. The distinguishing field mark that separates it from the native dove is the black horseshoe shaped ring on the back of its neck that extends onto the sides of the neck.

Bird sightings: Eurasian collared-dove

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