Since childhood, I have been fascinated by birds. The different varieties of shapes, color, sizes, sounds, and behaviors never ceased to amaze me. The thrill of seeing a new species for the first time is something that never gets old in my book.

Fortunately, among our other shared interests, my husband is an avid birdwatcher as well. Our backyard is full of feeders and has a bird house and bird bath to attract some feathered friends. He experiments with different seed combinations and suet types to try to attract specific species of birds. We’ve been very lucky to see quite a variety of birds, from bush tits and chickadees to pileated woodpeckers and crows.

Occasionally, we’ll take a walk on a local trail and bring the camera along for our birdwatching excursion. I will be sharing some photos from those excursions on the photos page as soon as I can get them all together. We hope to someday have a bird cam in our backyard, but that’ll have to wait. In the meantime, I’ll soon be posting some links to some great bird webcams online.

I might be able to convince my husband to share some of his birdfeeding tips. He has closets full of different types of feeders and changes them out throughout the course of the year depending on what types of birds he wants to attract. The majority of his birdfeeding equipment is from Duncraft and he highly recommends them. In fact, he recently told me that they shipped out an extra part he requested for one of his feeders free of charge. We’ve always had good service and quality products from them.

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