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Do Your Neighbors Think You Are Insane?

By BirdDude on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | No Comments

Not About Taking Out The Trash In Your Underwear Over the years, my closest neighbors have had a lot of reasons to call the paddy wagon on me. No, I’ve not taken my trash out in my underwear either. I’m talking about my fanatical obsession with feeding, watching and interacting with my backyard “crew”. From [...]

Hand Feeding Birds Faster

By BirdDude on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment

It Doesn’t Have To Be A Struggle If you ask a person who’s been feeding birds for a while about getting them to hand feed, you’ll either get a bewildered look or one of “you poor person.” That’s because if they’ve read anything about hand feeding birds they’ve been told how long it will take [...]

First Titmouse Hand Feeder Of The Season

By BirdDude on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | No Comments

For the last couple of weeks when I put food out in the afternoon, I’ve been taking down the feeders and just standing near the feeder station. I started out about six feet away and would gradually and slowly move closer to the station. My goal: to see how close I could get before the [...]

How To Cut Your Sunflower Seed Usage By At Least 25%

By BirdDude on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Winter Is Coming During the summer months it’s really not that big a deal managing your sunflower seed usage. Your backyard birds are not as worried about your feeders and you may even take them down. It’s not until the first leaves start to fall that you see feeder activity pick up. That’s the time [...]

Pennington Ultra Birdseed Update

By BirdDude on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Pennington Ultra Birdseed Commercial It started with what appeared to be an innovative product promoted with the coolest commercial I’ve seen in a while. Check out the Pennington Ultra Birdseed commercial below. I saw this commercial and it cracked me up. Curious, I checked at my local Walmart and they just started carrying it. They [...]

Watch Those Birdbaths Closely

By BirdDude on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

First Bath In A While As winter loosens its hold here in Nashville, I’m seeing two things. First, I’m seeing an increase in the number of different birds in my backyard. Secondly, I’m seeing a comparable rise in bathing activity. What this means is the water I put out in the late afternoon is gone [...]