Exciting New Bird Food at Wild Birds Unlimited Stores

Right now we are seeing an increase in activity at the feeders. Some birds from Canada and the U.P. are making mid-Michigan their winter resting place. Some Dark-eyed Juncos, Red-Breasted Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Redpolls, Crossbills, and Snow Buntings are just a few birds seen here only during the winter. The White-throated...

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Mother Nature in disguise

Mother Nature (sometimes known as Mother Earth) is a common personification of nature. Also known as Nokomis Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 , Algonquian legend says that "beneath the clouds lives the Earth-Mother from whom is derived the Water of Life, who at her bosom...

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What Bird Seeds Goldfinches Like Best

I'm writing to scold you and I want you to reprint this on your computer newspaper. I did not think it made a difference where I bought my finch food. You said it made a "HUGE" difference. I took home a small bag of your thistle and I noticed it did make a HUGE difference! Now I have so many finches at the feeder...

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What birds do when a hurricane hits

Can birds predict that tornado-like winds are about to hit? Most birds have a special middle-ear receptor called the Vitali organ, which can sense incredibly small changes in barometric pressure. So if the activity at feeders suddenly becomes much more intense a storm may be approaching. Birds flying low or lining...

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Small, gray, short-bodied, long-tailed, big-headed flycatcher

The Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) is one of the first birds to return to the breeding grounds in spring and one of the last to leave in the fall. They arrive for breeding in mid-March, and return to winter territories in September and October. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4...

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Feathers developed as a form of communication not flight

Were feathers used originally as a form of communication and not for flight? A new theory is that when feathers first formed on dinosaurs they were used more for flashing and waving to impress and attract potential mates.  In Canada, fossilized bones of an ornithomimiddinosaur preserved evidence of fossil feathers...

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Photo Share: Northern Cardinal and Black-capped Chickadee

"My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather." ~ quote from Loire HartwouldThank you for sharing your photos! Holly sent us lots of fabulous photos that I will continue to share in the coming weeks on our Friday photo share. If anyone else would like to share a photograph of nature send it to bloubird@gmail.com and...

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The Wild Birds Unlimited Bird Feeding System is the Best!

The Advanced Pole System - Looks Great, Stays Straight! Wild Birds Unlimited's patented Advanced Pole System (APS) is comprised of interchangeable hardware pieces, that lets you add or subtract bird feeders, birdhouses and other bird feeding accessories, giving you the ability to create and customize your bird feeding...

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Australian Ringneck Parrots

Australian Ringneck Parrotsby Mark Holmes, Angaston, S.A.ClassificationThe ringneck family of Australian parrots belong to the genus, Barnardius.  They are also referred to as Broad-tailed parrots.  The ringneck group are widespread throughout the drier areas of Australia and there are four main subspecies recognised,...

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Winter foods for birds

Chickadee rides a flower head while examining it for seedsI’m fascinated with the nuthatches I’m seeing in the yard this year! Every time I fill the feeder, little nuthatches and chickadees are around to let me know they are doing their best to reach the end of my bottomless buffet of birdseed. /* Style Definitions */...

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Bald Eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), America's national bird, is the only eagle unique to North America. The bald eagle's scientific name signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white (leukos) head. At one time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. Bald eagles are found throughout most of North America,...

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Owl

IntroductionOwls are a world-wide order of birds known as Strigiformes and the 216 species range in size from the tiny, sparrow size, Elf Owl to the Eurasian Eagle Owl which has a wing span of nearly 2 metres and can weigh almost 5kg. They are a group of predatory birds, characterised by large forward facing eyes surrounded...

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