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Bird Houses—How to Maintain and Care for Them

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Bird houses, often, have issues with parasites or losses of guests due to predators. If these issues are not cared for quickly, they could produce a lot more losses of aviary guests because of disease. ...

Bird Feeders 101: Everything You Need to Know

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Any bird watching enthusiast will tell you that life is all about birds. Birds are an integral part of a backyard wildlife. They are interesting creatures that add color, energy and life to yards, not ...

Bird Houses 101: Everything You Need to Know

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

The sweetest sound you can hear in the great outdoors is the cheerful tweeting of wild birds. The most beautiful sight in the free open-air is colorful birds flying without a care while performing their ...

Bird Watching—Christmas is for the Birds

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

As winter and Christmas is approaching, many people are under the wrong impression that all the birds that are up north for the warm spring/summer months have gone south for the winter. This is a ...

Bird Watching—Caring for Birds in the Winter

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

The needs of wild birds in the winter are different than their needs in warmer weather. Also, in the winter, birds may be arriving to feeders individually or in flocks. Consequently, their human friends need ...

Bird Houses—How To Care and Maintain

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Bird houses can be beautiful structure that can give a person a great deal of pleasure. However, just like homes for humans, bird houses, also, need care and attention. There are bound to be issues ...

Bird Feeders for Wild Birds—Coming into Their Own

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

There are more and more people who are becoming more interested in having wild birds come and visit their yards and gardens. They have learned that wild birds, no matter how wild they are, will ...

Bird Feeders--Thinking of the Needs of Birds

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

While people look at gardens with their own needs in mind, beauty, home-grown food etc., birds look at a garden for their own needs. Birds look for shelter, food and water and the greater the ...

Outdoor Water Fountains--How to Maintain and Clean

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

The aging and wearing of natural concrete fountains is a normal process and little or nothing can be done to change this process. However, many owners find the aging and weathering of this natural stone ...

Outdoor Bird Houses--Where and When Do You Put Them

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Different species of birds like different kinds of locations. For example, if you are looking to attract woodpeckers or nuthatches, you would want to place your bird house on a tree in a wooded area ...

Outdoor Bird Houses--What Birds They Can Attract into Your Yard

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

The American Robin is the largest thrush. Robins prefer to build their nest in the crotch of a tree. You can offer a nesting platform if you don’t have an appropriate tree. You should pick ...

Outdoor Bird Feeders--What Food to Use

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

If you are trying to encourage birds to come into your yard you, not only, need to consider their homes but, also, their diets. Different types of bird seed are suited to different species of ...

Outdoor Bird Feeders--Using Them to Protect Birds from Cats

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

If you’re like me, not only do you love birds, but you are, also, a cat lover. However, according to the rules of nature, these creatures are natural enemies. So, how do you keep the ...

Outdoor Bird Feeders--Their Contribution to Bird Watching

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

If you have ever engaged in bird watching, you know that it is an activity that will fill your day with the sheer pleasure and entertainment provided by playing and fluttering of these marvelous creatures ...

Outdoor Bird Feeders--How To Choose One

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Bird feeders are an excellent way to attract birds into your surroundings. They are a way of insuring that your feathered friends are cared for and visiting you all year long. The tips found on ...

Outdoor Bird Feeders--Attracting Birds to Your Yard

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

There is no sweeter sound to be heard in a garden then that of chirping birds enjoying the environment. During the winter months, when a person is closed inside the house, nothing brightens up a ...

All About Fledgling Bird Houses

By Mary Fesio · 13 years ago

Fledge is the stage in the life of a young bird when the feathers and wing muscles are developing for flight. It, also, describes the process of raising chicks to a fully grown state by ...