Susan's Backyard Birding Tips & Guides

How to Feed Backyard Birds During Winter Storms

How to Feed Backyard Birds During Winter Storms

Winter storms can make life difficult for backyard birds. When snow and ice cover natural food sources and temperatures drop, birds burn more calories just to survive the night. Knowing...

How to Feed Backyard Birds During Winter Storms

Winter storms can make life difficult for backyard birds. When snow and ice cover natural food sources and temperatures drop, birds burn more calories just to survive the night. Knowing...

What a Hermit Thrush Taught Me About Winter Feeding

What a Hermit Thrush Taught Me About Winter Fee...

A customer named Alma wrote to me with a question I don’t get very often. She had a Hermit Thrush that had settled into her yard. The bird used the...

What a Hermit Thrush Taught Me About Winter Fee...

A customer named Alma wrote to me with a question I don’t get very often. She had a Hermit Thrush that had settled into her yard. The bird used the...

Why I Only Drink Bird-Friendly® Coffee

Why I Only Drink Bird-Friendly® Coffee

I care a lot about what we feed our birds, but I also care about what feeds us. That’s why the only coffee I drink — and the only one...

Why I Only Drink Bird-Friendly® Coffee

I care a lot about what we feed our birds, but I also care about what feeds us. That’s why the only coffee I drink — and the only one...

The Two-Steppers: A Fall Backyard Dance You Don’t Want to Miss

The Two-Steppers: A Fall Backyard Dance You Don...

There’s a certain sound that makes fall mornings feel alive: a crisp shuffle under the trees. It’s not the wind, and it’s not the squirrels (though they’d like to take...

The Two-Steppers: A Fall Backyard Dance You Don...

There’s a certain sound that makes fall mornings feel alive: a crisp shuffle under the trees. It’s not the wind, and it’s not the squirrels (though they’d like to take...

Where Are the Birds This Fall? Fix It Fast

Where Are the Birds This Fall? Fix It Fast

You’ve filled your feeder, brewed your pumpkin spice coffee, and waited patiently. But where are the birds? Fall is a transition season—migration is underway, natural food sources are shifting, and...

Where Are the Birds This Fall? Fix It Fast

You’ve filled your feeder, brewed your pumpkin spice coffee, and waited patiently. But where are the birds? Fall is a transition season—migration is underway, natural food sources are shifting, and...

Favorite Fall Feeders: Setting Up for the Season

Favorite Fall Feeders: Setting Up for the Season

Fall is the season to get your backyard ready. As the days shorten and the temperatures drop, birds are already preparing for what’s ahead: Migrating species are passing through and...

Favorite Fall Feeders: Setting Up for the Season

Fall is the season to get your backyard ready. As the days shorten and the temperatures drop, birds are already preparing for what’s ahead: Migrating species are passing through and...