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The 5 Bird Feeder Mistakes I Saw Every Single Week (After 15 Years at the Store)

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Bird Feeder Mistakes

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

What 15 Years Selling Bird Feeders Taught Me About People (Not Birds)

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Bird Feeding Hobby

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