This Video Debunks 5 Winter Bird Myths Common to the Twin Cities Metro Area For more information (including two additional myths), see our January/February 2017 edition of our Bird’s-Eye View Newsletter! Save Save
Guess Who’s Feeling Frisky? It may not feel like spring to us, but the owls are beginning to feel a bit frisky these days. Sometimes at night you can hear their hooting and calling. The calling is a part of their mating ritual. The males usually stay in one area and call out to females to come visit them. Their…
Customers Request Feeder Pictured in Article about Carrol Henderson’s New Book We’ve had several customers come in to the stores lately with a clipping from the December 23, 2015 article in the Star Tribune about birder Carrol Henderson’s new book. The book, Feeding Wild Birds in America, looks like a great read—it features practical advice on how to increase the…
In this amazing video (below), you’ll see a crow think 8 steps ahead as it secures tool after tool to get a piece of meat. It’s just one example of how smart birds can be! Source: BBC TWO
Woodpeckers of all types are attracted to easy-to-use and attractive suet logs. In this video, Wayzata Store Manager Melissa Block, shows how to fit standard suet plugs into holes of varying sizes by simply heating them a little. Transcript: Hi I’m Melissa I’m the manager or our Wayzata All Seasons Wild Bird Store and today I want to talk about…
Note: this blog entry features the full interview of amateur photographer and All Seasons Wild Bird Store team member, Jim Weisman. A portion of this article was printed in the September/October 2015 edition of our Bird’s-Eye View in-store newsletter. With patience, a playset blind, and “a lot of luck,” All Seasons Wild Bird Store employee and customer Jim Weisman captures…
SPECIAL IN-STORE EVENT Don’t miss your chance to see live raptors from Warner Nature Center up close and in person! A naturalist will bring live raptors for demonstration, will answer your questions and provide information about these magnificent birds. If you’re lucky, you may even be able to catch the birds at feeding time!
Migration Events to Anticipate in Late Summer to Autumn As you read this, fall migration will be well underway. This generally north-to-south movement follows a similar pattern each year. This list below gives you an idea of what to expect. But always remember, birds don’t read the books! MID-JULY Fall migration begins, with the first shorebirds moving southward.
All Seasons Wild Bird Store’s Eagan Manager Talks to KARE 11 about Raising Monarch Butterflies. Monarch butterflies play an important role in pollinating our perennial flowers, plants and trees, annuals and even vegetables. But their populations are faltering under extreme weather conditions and vanishing habitats. How can you help? We have a kit that allows you to raise and release…
If you’re interested in keeping your lawn and garden free of sprouts and shell mess, there’s a birdseed for you. Kracker Jax is a mixture of sunflower hearts, peanut hearts, a touch of cracked corn and hulled millet. Because all the seed is hulled you will have no shells on the ground and absolutely no unwanted sprouts. Your backyard birds…
It’s Easy and Fun to Help Monarch Butterflies! Monarch butterflies play an important role in pollinating our perennial flowers, plants and trees, annuals and even vegetables. But their populations are faltering under extreme weather conditions and vanishing habitats. How can you help?
Water is an essential feature in a bird-friendly backyard. Clean drinking water keeps birds hydrated and aids in the swallowing and digesting of bird seed. Many birds that do not eat from seed feeders will be drawn to a clean bird bath for drinking or bathing; robins, warblers and cedar waxwings to name a few.
Blue Jays become very quiet when around their nest, but when a predator threatens the nest they use their loud, raucous calls that can be heard across long distances. Other species also benefit from the Blue Jay’s alarm call, alerting them to a nearby predator. Here’s an example we found from YouTube user, Pinto the Chihuahua, that shows a Blue…
By Melissa Block, our Wayzata, Minn., Store Manager While you’re away at work, or just having your morning coffee, they are quietly assessing your weak points, looking for any vulnerability. Before you realize it, they launch their attacks – from the air, the land and the trees. We’re talking about those Gumby-like creatures: squirrels. They can eat enormous quantities of…