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Create a habitat
At Bird-House-Bath.com we believe wildlife conservation starts at home, in your own backyard. Several species of wild birds have lost their habitats due to construction, loss of natural habitat or nesting and food competition from non-native birds. Not only is backyard birdwatching an enjoyable past time, you can also help by providing food, shelter and water to our feather friends.
We all love the beautiful sound of songbirds outside and these pages are designed to help you attract wild birds to your own personal habitat with information on birding, feeding wild birds, bird baths, houses, feeders and what to use to attract songbirds to your garden. Included are descriptions of different types of bird seed you may offer them and which birds prefer what types of food, advice on setting up a bird bath and bird water supply along with plans on how to build your own dust bath.
Feeder types are also covered with information on how to mount, what types of seeds to put in them and how easy they are to use. Not all birds can use all feeders, so each feeder type description includes which birds they are meant for. Some are designed specifically for smaller songbirds, finches or sparrows while some are made in hopes of feeding larger birds such as cardinals and woodpeckers. We are all avid bird watchers ourselves, so hopefully we can provide you with helpful tips.
Create your own habitat in your backyard and enjoy to benefits of birdwatching. The lovely chatter of bird sounds is enough to make the effort worthwhile, and no space is too small. Birds are everywhere. Bird watching is a serene, peaceful and very rewarding hobby!
Below is our site blog where we post news and general birdwatching chatter. Beware, we can be pretty random and just type what is on our minds!
Backyard Wild Bird Watchers
Homemade Yellow Jacket Bait Station
This is instructions on how to make a bait station dispenser, not a trap for yellow jackets. A bait station is for holding insecticides which yellow jackets take back to the nest and hopefully feed to the larvae. This is handy if you don’t know where the nest is located.
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Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Range and Habitat:
The yellow bellied sapsucker summer breeding range extends from central Canada to Newfoundland, south to British Columbia, North Dakota, Missouri, and central New England, and the mountains to North Carolina. From late March through September, they can be seen in new forests from southeastern Alaska over Canada and the northeastern United [...]
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Red Bellied Woodpecker
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Range and Habitat:
The red-bellied woodpecker may be found in nearly all of the eastern United States, with the exception of for northern New England. Birds in the northern most part of the range might migrate in the wintertime. The red-bellied woodpecker can be found in exposed and swampy forests. Red-bellied Woodpecker is found [...]
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Pileated Woodpecker
Range and Habitat:
The pileated woodpecker dwells in evergreen and deciduous forests. This species needs late phases of woodland for habitat, as well as newer forests with spread, large, dead trees for food, nesting, and roosting. In newer forests they need larger areas: 3,904 acres of virgin woodland provides for 3-6 pairs of Pileated Woodpeckers, whilst [...]
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Lewis Woodpecker
Lewis Woodpecker
Range and Habitat:
Crucial habitat characteristics include an open tree canopy, a brushy under story with ground cover, deadened trees for nest cavities, dead or fallen woody debris, perch sites, and ample insects. Lewis’ Woodpeckers use open ponderosa pine forests, clear riparian woodlands of primarily cottonwood, and logged or burned pine. They also use oak [...]
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