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Cornell Lab of Ornithology Big Day 2011

By BirdDude on Thursday, April 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Help Team Sapsucker Set A New Record I received an email today that I need to pass along to you. It was from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and their Big Day 2011 that will happen tomorrow. I’ll just let you read the letter from them to begin.

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 [...]

My New Goldfinch Feeders

By BirdDude on Friday, March 18th, 2011 | No Comments

No More Wet Goldfinch Feeders As I mentioned in my last post about cleaning your bird feeders , I completely replaced my two Perky Pet upside-down goldfinch feeders. The design on the old ones was such that every time it would rain water would run down from the hanging wire into the side of the [...]

Time To Clean Those Feeders

By BirdDude on Monday, March 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Spring Can Sneak Up On You As winter starts relenting in my part of the woods, I realize it won’t be long until my winter visitors depart and the spring and summer ones start showing up. I’ve seen an increase in house finch feeding which means I’ve really got to make sure to get and [...]

The Crossley Guide Preview

By BirdDude on Saturday, February 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks To The Princeton University Press I just received my review copy of the eastern bird edition of The Crossley Guide. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this for some time because the pre-press on this book touts it as a revolutionary step in bird identification. I’ll be doing a full review of it very soon but [...]