Backyard Birding - It's Time to Set Up or Clean Out Your Bluebird Box
It's hard to believe that last week it was nearly zero degrees outside and I am going to talk about Bluebird nesting already, but I am. The Bella Vista Bluebird Society will start monitoring their own nest boxes in early March, and given that it takes a few weeks for the birds to establish territories, it means we should put up our boxes in January or early February. If you already have a Bluebird box in your yard, it's time to clean it out. You don't have to scrub it spotl
Backyard Birding: Counting Your Birds
We all love to watch birds. We love their beauty and love their antics. So, let me ask you this one…have you ever counted the birds that you see at your feeders? Counted them, you ask? You mean like 1, 2, 3? And there’s another one, which makes 4? That’s exactly what I mean. Three years ago, my wife and I signed up for project Feeder Watch, a Cornell Lab of Ornithology program to help gauge how many birds of what kinds visit backyard bird feeders across the nation. The
Round Up For Research: An Ongoing Success Story
Many of you may remember this photo of Mitchell Pruitt holding a pair of Northern Saw-whet Owls. The image appeared both at The Bluebird Shed and on this article forum. To help support his research, The Bluebird Shed ran a Round Up For Research call-to-action asking customers to round up their purchase amounts to the next dollar value (or more) until year end. I am happy to report that over 200 of our customers did exactly that and contributed just over $100 by doing nothing
