How would I know if what I have in my backyard is an old bomb shelter?

Ok, so my house was built in 1954 (prime time for bomb shelters) I live in Michigan, all it looks like now is a concrete slab, but when you look closer you can see a hole in the concrete that has a metal ring around it, we stuck a stick in the hole and it [...]

Tips To Attract Birds To Your Backyard

Many people would love to attract birds to their back yards to brighten up the area with their beautiful colors and enchanting songs. Birds have a few simple needs, food, shelter, water and nests. If you provide these simple elements, your backyard will be a great place for birds to live and thrive. Birds [...]

Backyard Birding – the Success Formula

There is a chill in the air. Winter is approaching. As the supply of insects declines, birds will be searching for other sources of food. How many birds will you see at your feeder? That depends on how well you set up your backyard or garden. In this article, I will review some very easy [...]

i found a very tiny hummingbird in backyard help!!?

my aunt found him on our concrete patio and it was just sitting there but it wouldnt move. we picked it up and put in a bird cage we had. we cant take it to a vet because there isnt one in our town. the bird has all grey feathers with a long beak. what [...]

Northern Cardinals Do Not Belong in Bird Cages, But They?ll Look Great in Your Backyard

Northern Cardinals are celebrated for their lovely distinctive songs and their beautiful coloring. They are typically found along the eastern coast of the United States, but have been spotted as far as Arizona and New Mexico. If you want to awake every morning to the beautiful melodies of Northern Cardinals then you’ve got a little [...]

Considerations When Building A Backyard Pond

What style of pond? If you have never had a pond before it pays to spend some time deciding what type of pond you want. Do you want an ornamental pond with a fountain? Or do you want a pond that attracts wildlife? If you are going to keep fish, will it be a specialised [...]

Your Backyard Birds: American Robin

American Robin Scientific Name:  Turdus migratorius The state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin, the American Robin is a familiar songbird in the thrush family.  They live in towns and woodlands, and are commonly seen on suburban lawns exhibiting their “running and stopping” behavior as they gather their morning worms. The America Robin feeds on [...]

Bird House Kits – Bird Watching In Your Own Backyard

Birding enthusiasts find all kinds of ways to attract birds to their gardens and backyards. They often use bird feeders of various sizes and shapes, filled with a variety of food and other things to attract many different species of birds. A bird bath is another common fixture, providing a place for passing birds to [...]

Successful Backyard Birding Tips

Bird watching is a thrilling and fulfilling hobby that is suitable for people of all lifestyles. It is also a hobby would has become more popular over the years with over 30,000 people searching for bird watching related terms on the internet every month. The great thing about birding is that is it a [...]

Attracting Birds to Your Backyard

Birdhouses: Birdhouses are basically made in many sizes and with a variety of different wood materials. The birds enjoy a safe haven subject to the outside temperatures and predators and it allows them to nest. Birds always need somewhere to nest, so why not build a variety of wooden birdhouses in different sizes for [...]

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