What Seed To Attract Birds? Handy Tool
As part of their Project FeederWatch program, The Cornell Lab has a handy online tool to help backyard birders determine the best foods to attract common feeder birds.
Share Your Wingscapes Photos!
Did you get a new Wingscapes BirdCam for Christmas? Consider sharing your photos with the Wingscapes BirdCam Flickr group. The group is fun to browse, with BirdCammers located all over the world. Your photos can contribute! At one time the creators of the camera kept a life list of all species captured via their product; I'm not sure they still do this, but you never know. Your cam might just capture something that's never been BirdCammed before!
Common Grackles enjoying suet balls in Florida: Caught on a Wingscapes BirdCam!
Dinner Bell & Bark Butter Revisited
It's been over six months since I first reviewed the EcoClean Dinner Bell bird feeder. While I was super happy with the feeder and the bag of Bark Butter that came with it, it took a while for the back yard birds to catch on. It...
Upside-Down Envy
Some birds feed by hanging upside down. There are "sock" style thistle seed feeders for goldfinches designed for the birds to be able to hang any which way. Nuthatches and some warblers also move around tree trunks and branches upside down as naturally as they do right side...