Setting up a new bird feeding station is exciting, but watching it sit completely empty for days is incredibly frustrating. Getting your very first visitors requires aligning your seed choice, hardware type, placement, and timing all at once. Once you understand how local flocks evaluate a new food source, you can make a few simple … Read more
People often ask why their inexpensive bird food just ends up rotting on the grass. From what I have seen at the store, the answer always comes down to the ingredient list. Most discount bags are packed with heavy filler grains that wild birds simply refuse to eat. When you buy cheap bird seed, you … Read more
More Americans feed backyard birds than play golf. You just never hear about it. Millions of people buy seed every single week, yet it rarely comes up in casual conversation at the office. This pastime lacks the flashy gear of other outdoor hobbies or the loud stadiums of professional sports, but the data proves it … Read more
Over my retail career answering questions at a wild bird store, I could usually diagnose a quiet backyard within thirty seconds of talking to a customer. Most people assumed the birds in their neighborhood simply vanished, but the reality was almost always a basic setup error. These are the five most common bird feeder mistakes … Read more
If you spend enough time behind the counter of a wild bird store, you start to notice a pattern. People rarely start feeding backyard birds because they have a deep, preexisting love for ornithology. They usually start because something in their own life shifted, and they suddenly needed a reason to look out the window. … Read more