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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 [...]

A Fun Backyard Bird Feeding Experiment

By BirdDude on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Quick Hand Feeding Test This is something you can do early in the morning one weekend to see if you can hand feed birds in your backyard. You need to have either chickadees or titmice for the best chance of success. Some people also have success with downy woodpeckers. Here’s the basic plot.

Rest In Peace Little One

By BirdDude on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 | 2 Comments

I wish that I were writing this under happier circumstances. I wrote previously about my little titmouse patient where I told you how he seemed to have bonded with me. He would come to the window and land in the pane so he could see if I were there. He had degraded from coming down [...]

My Little Titmouse Patient

By BirdDude on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The House Wrens Have Returned

By BirdDude on Monday, July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

As I had posted last week, it seemed like my house wrens had disappeared. They had built a nest, incubated eggs, fledged young and even rebuilt a nest for a second brood. Then, they were nowhere to be seen or heard. If you’ve ever had house wrens during mating season in your backyard then you [...]