Is the Common Grackle (blackbirds) taking over your bird feeders? Are squirrels keeping your Cardinals and other favorites away? Wild Bird Habitat Store’s best choices for summer bird feeding A hanging or post mounted Platform Bird Feeder with Nutra Saff safflower seed. Attracts most all your favorite birds but deters blackbirds & squirrels A Caged Seed…
Wild Bird Habitat Store’s April Newsletter 2014
1. Is it too late to install a Purple Martin house? Not at all! Early arriving Martins are those adults having prior nesting experience in established colonies. Sub-adults arrive throughout the month of April and the first week of May and are responsible for starting colonies in newly erected Purple Martin houses. We have had folks…
The Red-winged Blackbird may just be the most numerous native bird in North America. Their population has increased significantly in the later part of the 20th Century from several hundred million some 40 years ago. They have become a common sight atop swaying cattails along wet roadside ditches, or perched on overhead lines. When growing…
March is the beginning of one of the most spectacular and exciting times when it comes to watching birds. It starts this month with Robins, blackbirds, Meadowlarks, and bluebirds. Water fowl from geese to ducks are on the move, and the Sandhill Cranes will be returning to the Platte River in Central Nebraska. Most all…
The American White Pelican is one of the largest birds of North America measuring a little over 5 feet in length with a wingspan that can exceed 9 feet, the second largest wingspan of any North American bird. They may be heavy reaching weights of 16 to 20 pounds, but in flight they are fluid…
Wachiska Audubon presents Birding: A Lifelong Activity for the Curious Thursday, March 13, at 7:00 p.m. Everett Dick Administration Auditorium Union College Campus / 3800 South 48th Lincoln, NE Dan Wheeler and Dave Titterington, two passionate birders, will describe some of the reasons they enjoy birding and watching wildlife and will invite others to…
February is National Bird Feeding Month and also time for the Great Backyard Bird Count. If you have not participated in this annual bird count, take the time this year to do so. You’ll have a great time and provide usable data to the biologists at the Cornell University Bird Lab. There is no cost….
Great Backyard Bird Count Event Pioneers Park Nature Center February 15th, 9:00 am Bundle up and join Dave from the Wild Bird Habitat Store for a 9:00 a.m. winter bird walk. Then meet with other birders at the Chet Ager Building for hot mulled cider and a snack as we count the birds in the…
Birds and Binoculars Mahoney State Park Saturday, February 8th Time: 9:00 am-1:00 pm Description: Bird lovers of all ages gather at the park’s Nature Center for a morning bird hike and bird identification workshop in preparation for …the Audubon Society’s “The Great Backyard Bird Count.” Children and adults will learn how to make backyard bird…