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Hummingbird Nectar Recipe

Attract hummingbirds and make your own nectar at home. Buying hummingbird nectar from the store can be convenient, yet making your own nectar from scratch is easy. Make Your Own Hummingbird Nectar Homemade hummingbird nectar contains only two ingredients: sugar and water. This simple recipe has proven itself time and again to attract hummingbirds, without any additives. The final result produces clear nectar and there’s no need for red dye (read more about this below). “The color on your feeder…

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Bird Feeding
Tilt-Top Feeder Attracts Cardinals

Our popular Tilt-Top Feeder has been a customer favorite for over 35 years. Attract cardinals with black oil sunflower seed or safflower seed—and send squirrels sliding safely towards the ground. The instant a squirrel lands on…
Bird Feeding
On Feeding Grape Jelly

When orioles return from the tropics in the springtime, offer grape jelly as a sweet treat to provide them with high-energy for building their nest and preparing for breeding season—jelly is essential when the insects and…
Bird Feeding
How to Install Window Film

Our mirrored window film prevents birds from flying away from your window feeder. Birds can’t sense movement on the other side of the window, so you can watch them feed up close. How to Install Window Feeders…
Bird Housing
Bird-Safe® Bluebird House

Protect Your Bluebirds from Cats, Raccoons and Squirrels with our Bird-Safe® Bluebird House and Pole with Sharp-edged Noel Guard—Proven to Prevent Critters from Reaching into the Nesting Area, So Your Bluebirds are Safe! As you can…
Bird Feeding
The Flicker’s “Valentine”

This fun photo was posted on our Facebook wall by our fan Tina Abell. “A daily visitor at my suet feeder…wearing a valentine,” Tina wrote in the caption. The patch of red on the back of…
Winter
So many bluebirds!

Why Are There So Many Bluebirds at My Feeder, Even Though I’ve Never Seen Them Before in Winter? Learn How to Help Your Non-migrating Bluebirds in Freezing Temperatures with Tips from Our Bird Feeding Enthusiast and…
Birds
About Redpolls

Where Did My Redpolls Go? Learn More About the Redpoll’s Erratic Foraging Patterns and Find Out When You May See these Birds Again Redpolls are a beloved backyard bird. An irruptive species, redpolls show up in…
Birds
About Crossbills

Like their name, crossbills have a crossed bill, almost like a pair of twisted scissors. “Crossbills are finches whose beaks, as their name suggests, cross at the tip. This seeming malformation is actually a wonderful adaptation…
Bird Housing
Instant Shelter for Bluebirds

Provide Instant Shelter for Your Non-Migrating Bluebirds This Winter with Our Draft-free Bluebird Roost with Weather Protecting Guard, While Your Bluebirds “Sleep in a Heap” Together at the Bottom to Stay Warm and Survive the Night…