How to Make Your Yard a Haven for Birds
By Janet Connolly |
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…
How to Identify a Bird
By Janet Connolly |
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…
Press 1 if Woodpeckers are Pecking on your House….
By Janet Connolly |
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…
The Best Hummingbird Feeders
By Janet Connolly |
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…
Tips for Helping Injured Wildlife or Finding a Young Bird
By Janet Connolly |
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…
Bird Walks
By Janet Connolly |
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…
A World on the Wing – An Exciting New Book on Migration
By Janet Connolly |
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,…
Inspiration for the kids in your life!
By Janet Connolly |
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…
How to Keep Squirrels OFF of Feeders – Forever!
By Janet Connolly |
Squirrels…if they only knew that a whole industry has arisen devoted to keeping them off of bird feeders. A little cooperation would be appreciated, guys… Over the past 33 years…
Where are the hummingbirds?
By Janet Connolly |
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…