A Beginners Guide to Bird WatchingA beginners guide to bird watching can help a person with some basic ideas from the scratch.
How to Build a Chimney Swift TowerYou might be familiar with chimney swifts, Chaetura pelagica, actively feeding on insects into the...
Is Bird Watching Something You Should Do?Ever seen someone sitting on a bench in a park with binoculars on and staring at the sky? No, they...
Unusual Plants for HummingbirdsOne of the joys of the summer garden is those winged, iridescent jewels we all call hummingbirds.
Plant a Bird-Friendly BackyardIt’s important to think about the plants you include in your garden. Remember, what you grow...
Bird Watching for Winter Migrant BirdsThe Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina area (aka The Triangle) is host to a wide variety of...
Add Bird Watching to Your Summer FunWhether you are on the screened porch sipping iced tea, doing some work in the garden, or enjoying...
Are You Ready for Bluebirds?Where have all the bluebirds gone? Did you know there was a time when the bluebird was as common as...
How to Attract Bluebirds to Your YardMany years ago the Eastern bluebird was one of North Carolina’s most common songbirds...
Make Your Backyard Bird Friendly in WinterI love winter. Run me out of town if you must but I had to let it be known. The cold weather...
Our Ruby-throated HummingbirdDid you know, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird was not known to the first Europeans arriving to the...
How-To Build a Bird BubblerWant to give a gift that keeps on giving? No, I’m not talking about sunchokes, Helianthus...
7 Ways You Can Help HummingbirdsFlowers are blooming, the weather is warmer and hummingbirds are returning to our gardens.
Local Birds Have A New HomeBirds in the region have a new place to land– at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in downtown...
A Quick Guide to Bird Seed TypesIf you don’t have hollly berries to feed the birds, you can turn to seeds. Here’s a quick guide...