January 27th, 2009 | Renae
The Great Backyard Bird Count
I assume front yard bird watchers also qualify for the The Great Backyard Bird Count scheduled for February 13-16.
The site has all the information you need to start bird watching and a regional tally sheet of common birds.
If you don’t have a bird feeder, my son wrote instructions for a simple one created out of a plastic bottle: Building a Bottle Bird Feeder.
And Daisy of Laurel Wreath shares another good idea for Feeding the Birds (and her son).
Does your family feed the birds? What ways do you bring nature close?
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Aaah, if only I had thought of that great title. Feed the Birds (and your son, too). LOL.
We participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count last summer, but I hadn’t heard it was going on again in February. I’ll have to check that out.
We put out bird seed and throw out stale bread crumbs sometimes. We have a hummingbird feeder, but even though we kept it filled for a long time, no hummingbirds ever came. I never could understand why since they come to our neighbor’s feeder.
Daisy,
I laughed when I read your post. I’m glad Snapdragon made sure the peanut butter was edible. ;)
Cindy,
I look forward to participating this year, and I like that it is simple. It’s easy to watch the birds for 15 minutes a day.
We’ve never put out a hummingbird feeder, so I have no experience with that. Have you asked your neighbor what they put in their feeder? Maybe they have some kind of hummingbird ambrosia. :)
We are going to try to participate in the bird count this year, found out about it too late last year. Thanks for the reminder!
We just got together last week with our little homeschool group and made bird-feeders but we don’t have them up yet, it’s too cold and icy to get out there now.
The birds won’t starve, though…they hang out with our chickens quite a bit. :)
We love to feed the birds all winter and it seems that during the spring and summer we have less bugs. The birds are already accustomed to coming into the yard. At our business in Canton we see lots of red tailed hawks which are amazing to watch.