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Bluebirds Caught Leaving The Nest

By BirdDude on Thursday, August 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Finally Got It! I’ve been wanting to get one of my broods of bluebird babies as they were leaving the nest but have not been successful-until now! I noticed one evening a few days ago that one of the babies was getting rather impatient and bold around the nestbox hole. The parents were bringing him [...]

How Not To Domesticate A Wild Rabbit

By BirdDude on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Recently, I’ve been tweeting about my backyard bunnies and their antics. I’ve been putting a wildlife mix on the patio at certain times and they’ve been happy to partake of it. This has brought a smile to my wife and I as we know the numbers are against rabbits surviving even their first year. To [...]

Have You Been Changing Your Birdbath Water?

By BirdDude on Sunday, June 12th, 2011 | No Comments

If you live in the mid-south or anywhere else that’s been locked in the 90′s for a while I hope you’ve remembered your birds and backyard critters. I’ve had to change my birdbath water at least twice each day and clean them about every other day. They really appreciate it and I see it. For [...]

The Most Disgusted I’ve Been In A While

By BirdDude on Sunday, May 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Started Like Any Other Shopping Trip I was at Walmart the other day picking up some suet and corn for my backyard friends. While checking out, the salesperson asked me what I did with the corn cobs I was buying. I told him about the squngee and squirrel feeder in my backyard. I told him [...]

Passing The 100 Post Milestone

By BirdDude on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Never Dreamed I’d Make It When I wrote my first blog post in July of 2008, I was all about setting up an ecommerce site that would be close to my heart. I love spending time just watching birds and I’ve learned a whole lot about what works and what doesn’t in the backyard. My [...]

Bluebirds Are Moving In!

By BirdDude on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Contested Dwelling This year I’ve had more than a couple species look at one of my two bluebird boxes. I had the bluebirds, chickadees, titmice, starlings and cowbirds. If you’ve been following this blog for any time at all you’d know I’d never let starlings or sparrows move in so their fate was predetermined. I [...]