Posts by Janet Connolly
How to Make Your Yard a Haven for Birds
Imagine walking out into your yard on a late spring morning, seeing and hearing birds, butterflies and and bees, or watching Bluebirds bringing nesting materials in to start a new…
Read MoreHow to Identify a Bird
A new bird feeder or nesting box certainly brightens up the yard! And, so begins a new hobby – bird identification. Here’s a step by step process on how to…
Read MorePress 1 if Woodpeckers are Pecking on your House….
Jerry and the Audubon Shop Crew often joke that during the bird-centric season of spring we should have 2 options on our answering system: “Press 1 if a woodpecker is…
Read MoreThe Best Hummingbird Feeders
We often get asked, “Which are the best hummingbird feeders?” Our first answer is, “The one that will be easiest for you to maintain.” We follow that up with, “Where…
Read MoreTips for Helping Injured Wildlife or Finding a Young Bird
We often get calls from well meaning customers starting in March, asking how they can help injured birds or nestlings that appear to be abandoned. It’s always best to leave…
Read MoreBird Walks
This article was written in 2021, but look for our seasonal bird walks every year! Our Bird Walks are a yearly, seasonal event and occur from April through mid June…
Read MoreA World on the Wing – An Exciting New Book on Migration
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds is an exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork,…
Read MoreInspiration for the kids in your life!
Nothing excites us more than introducing kids to nature, and giving names to all of the things they see right outside in their own yards. We all were inspired to…
Read MoreHow to Keep Squirrels off of Feeders Forever!
Want to know How to Keep Squirrels off of Feeders Forever? Of course you do… Squirrels…if they only knew that a whole industry has arisen devoted to keeping them off…
Read MoreWhere are the hummingbirds?
In early June we start fielding phone calls at the shop about hummingbirds’ arrival here in CT, as in: “Where are MY hummingbirds?” We are often so enthusiastic about seeing…
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