Wild Bird Habitat's February 2024 Birding News

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FEBRUARY BIRDING NEWS

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February Bird Notes:

· Get ready now for the 27th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count. Details in newsletter
· Share watching birds at the feeders with your kids, family, friends and guests.
· Continue to watch your feeders for new winter birds..
· Fresh, open water is extremely important for birds during cold weather.
· Provide grit for your feathered guests when snow and ice cover the ground.
· Finch and Pine Siskin’s appetite for thistle seed & Nutra Safflower will continue to increase.
· Suet and peanuts are excellent winter foods for woodpeckers and others.
· You can make the difference in the survival of many of our feeder birds.
· Consider a small bird feeder outside your office window or place of business.
· Do what you can bird conservation , if only in your backyard

Read Dave's 'Bird Chatter' in

Wild Bird Habitat Store's February newsletter below

Wild Bird Habitat's February Birding News

Birding news you can use!

In our Birding News for February you'll find:

This bird that drums to it's own beat. Who is it?
Get ready for the 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count in February
February is National Bird Feeding Month
What bird has a 7" tongue and why?
How can a woodpecker walk upsidedown on a branch?
Can you identify the 8 most common woodpeckers?

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FEBRUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER

for birding news you can use

from the Wild Bird Habitat Stores - for all your birding needs

The 27th Annual

Great Backyard Bird Count

February 16 - 17

Become a citizen scientist and help biologists track bird populations during the winter months. This FREE four day count, February 16 - 19, 2024 will help to collect data on bird movements and be combined with the Christmas Bird Count and Project Feeder Watch data. The information will help to track bird patterns and discover new questions and insights about birds.

Everyone’s contribution is important. All ages and skill levels of birding are asked to participate. It doesn’t matter whether you identify, count and report the 5 birds coming to your backyard bird feeder or the 75 species you see during a days outing to a wildlife refuge. Your data will help answer many questions.

“The Great Backyard Bird Count” (GBBC) is a terrific way for individuals, families, schools, and community groups to contribute to a better understanding of birds. In return, you will learn more about birds in the process. It’s hard to imagine a more enjoyable and rewarding way to spend a little time enjoying nature and counting birds on a winter day. Its for the birds!.

Scientists and bird enthusiasts can learn a lot by knowing where the birds are. Now that winter has gripped the continent, what are our birds doing. Bird populations are dynamic, they are constantly in flux. Scientists want to take a snap shot of the North American bird populations and YOU can help.

It’s Easy! It’s Free! Read ahead for specific details about how to set up a free account on the Bird Count website or on eBird to enter your list of birds. If you already have an account for the Bird Count website or eBird, you can simply use that same login information. You can use your smart phone, tablet, or desktop.

Get all the information you need at

birdcount.org

Helpful APPS to use for easy bird identificaton

for the

Great Backyard Bird Count

BIRD IDENTIFICATION MADE EASY

Do you have a smart phone, tablet, or PC? Here are the best birding ID APPS and website for identifying birds. Best of all they are FREE DOWNLOADS from the Cornell Bird Lab

MERLIN BIRD ID APP & MERLIN PHOTO ID BIRD APP Now with Sound ID - includes bird ID wizard

AUDUBON BIRD ID APP (A great app as a field guide) - Includes bird ID wizard

BIRDNET (Identify birds by sound)

PICTURE BIRD Take a photo or select a photo from your image file for instant bird ID. Or you can easily record a birds song or call for instant bird ID by sound.

This has become my favorite bird ID app

Click eBird.org and get started eBirding

Where do go birding in Nebraska

The NEBRASKA BIRDING GUIDE

Find birding sites west from the Wildcat Hills in the panhadle to the bluffs of the Missouri River in the east. From the Niobrara River valley to the north to the Rain Water Basin in the south. All bordering the 20,000 square miles of the sandhills.You won't find a more diverse landscape or variety of bird species than in Nebraska.

Combine Nebraska Birds Online with the Nebraska Bird Guide to learn more about the birds that ocurr in Nebraska during every season. All 467 of the birds on the Nebraska Bird Checklist.

Check out our most popular

bird feeders below

OUR MOST POPULAR HOPPER & PLATFORM BIRD FEEDERS

Environmentally

Friendly Bird Feeders

Although the durability and natural look of cedar bird feeders continue to be preferred, the new line of feeders made from 100% post consumer recycled plastic is gaining in popularity. Many of these bird feeders have a lifetime warranty against fading, pealing, cracking, and chipping. They clean up like brand new, even after years of use. And speak of easy cleaning, many of the cedar and recycled plastic feeders we stock have removable perforated steel bottoms. This also allows moisture to pass through and the seed to remain dry.

Recycled Hopper Bird Feeders
Recycled Platform Bird Feeders

at HOPPER BIRD FEEDERS

or PLATFORM (tray) BIRD FEEDERS

SELECTING A NEW BIRD FEEDER

Great time to buy a new bird feeder as you get ready for spring and summer bird feeding. Maybe add a new type of bird feeder for summer. What kind of bird feeder might you want to add to your backyard? Find out at

THE SEVEN BASIC WILD BIRD FEEDERS

Wild Bird Habitat's

Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder Selection

When it comes to squirrels, Wild Bird Habitat doesn't only have you covered with our functional squirrel baffles, we offer a large variety of squirrel proof bird feeders, several with lifetime warranties that can be repaired, not tossed because of squirrel damage.

Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders

by Brome

Best affordable

SQUIRREL PROOF

BIRD FEEDERS

2 YEAR TO LIFETIME WARRANTY

For the best seed tube bird feeders and Nyjer thistle feeders on the market its Aspects and Droll Yankees - hands down

Why? These are high end, quality wild bird feeders at an affordable price. Made in the U.S.A., and come with a lifetime warranty.

These seed tube and Nyjer thistle seed feeders are easy to fill and even easier to clean with Quick Clean removable bases.

Unlike acrylic seed and thistle bird feeders you find at many big box outlets that can crack in cold temperatures or they become brittle from the hot summer sun, Aspects and Droll Yankees tubes are made from polypropylene - durable, UV stabilized, won't yellow or crack. (covered by lifetime warranty)

If you want a quality seed tube bird feeder or Nyjer thistle seed bird feeder, then you want Aspects or Droll Yankees feeders - guaranteed for life.

ASPECTS SEED TUBE BIRD FEEDERS
ASPECTS NYJER THISTLE TUBE BIRD FEEDERS
DROLL YANKEES SEED TUBE BIRD FEEDERS
DROLL YANKEES NYJER THISTLE TUBE BIRD FEEDERS

at SEED TUBE BIRD FEEDERS

or NYJER THISTLE BIRD FEEDERS

Best Woodpecker Suet Plugs

Attractor High Energy Suet Plugs available at

the Wild Bird Habitat Stores

Roasted Peanut Attractor Plugs
Pure Attractor Plugs
Sunflower Attractor Plugs
No-Melt Peanut Butter Attractor Plugs

By the pack or by the case, woodpeckers love 'em

Attractor Suet Plugs

Attractor Suet Logs

pre-filled with suet

SKY CAFE - TOTALLY SQUIRREL PROOF

The Sky Cafe Bird Feeder by Arundale Products is the best squirrel proof bird feeder in the world. This large bird feeder keeps the birds happy, while its unique and durable design protects against squirrels and the elements. Squirrels slide off the dome every time they try, and they do keep trying, again and again, making this the best squirrel proof bird feeder around. Made in the U.S.A., this feeder has a *Lifetime Warranty against squirrel damage*.