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Woodpeckers are well known for their specialized feeding behaviors. With chisel-like bills, these birds excavate wood or peel bark in search of insects. Their long tongues are barbed at the tip to aid in removing insects from tunnels and crevices. Read more...
Nesting tray systems and tubes with removable liners allow you to remove the bee cocoons from their tunnels and examine them individually. When you separate the cocoons from the mites, parasites, and predators that may also be in the tunnels you can dramatically increase the percentage of bees that emerge in the spring. Read more...
Did you know that the Portland area is the year-round residence of one species of hummingbird? Anna’s Hummingbirds, the largest of coastal Pacific Northwest hummers, are non-migratory! Both sexes are primarily greenish in color, but in sunlight males flash purplish red iridescence on their foreheads, throat patches, and sides of neck. Read more...
Sometimes, you’re glad to be in a mall food court or near a “restaurant row,” where enough choices are close by to please everybody. Have you thought of creating a Food Court for Birds in your back yard? Like people, birds have preferences about what, where, and how they like to eat. Here’s how you can build a Food Court for the birds in your neighborhood. Read more...
Migratory sparrows, mixed flocks of songbirds, and Anna's Hummingbirds .... Read more...
With their slender build and long tails, White-crowned Sparrows are dapper birds! They winter across much of the Lower 48 and into Mexico, and can be found in the Portland area year-round Read more...
Chapman School in Northwest Portland houses the largest known roost of migrating swifts in the world! Hundreds of bird watchers visit the school during September to watch up to 35,000 Vaux Swifts swarm into the chimney at dusk. Read more...
Chances are good that the bright flash of yellow you see in your back yard is a male American Goldfinch. This gregarious 5" bird can be seen all across America, along roadsides, in open woods and fields, farm and suburban yards. Read more...
The Chestnut-backed species is a conifer lover and, true to its name, has a distinctive chestnut-colored back. Its primary range is the Pacific Northwest. Read more...
Squirrels trying to access bird feeders are a common sight at backyard bird feeders. Occasionally other intruders, like raccoons, cats, or even rats, take an interest in the birdseed. Here are some tips to discourage unwelcomed visitors to your backyard feeding stations . . . Read more...
Although Western Tanagers (Piranga ludoviciana) are brilliantly colored and nest across much of the western United States and Canada, they can be hard to see most of the time. They nest in mountain forests and tend to stay hidden in the shade. During spring migration, however, these colorful birds become a common sight in yards, parks, and bird baths throughout the Willamette Valley. Read more...
Here are a few questions we hear frequently from our customers, and some answers to go along with them! Read more...
It may take a while for birds to find a new feeder, but they WILL find it eventually. Read more...
A favorite backyard bird is a small (4-1/2") bird with a distinctive shape -- compact and tapered at both ends! Read more...
Among the most beautiful birds in the Western Hemisphere are the wood warblers. These tiny birds appear in a dazzling array of yellows, blues, greens, reds, and grays Read more...
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