Keep it Clean for the Birds with EcoClean® Products

Our exclusive EcoClean® products include the most innovative patented technology on the market. Available in a variety of feeder types and accessories, EcoClean products feature 24/7 protection that will not wear off or wash away. The parts are treated using an environmentally friendly technology that inhibits the surface growth of damaging bacteria, mold and other microbes to keep things cleaner for the birds.

 

Nesting Sale

Help Your Birds Prepare for Nesting Season

Nesting season is upon us, and a new generation of birds will soon be entering the world. You can make a significant difference in how well these visitors survive and thrive.

We offer the best nest boxes and the most comprehensive lineup of foods especially for nesting birds. Try offering Nesting SuperBlend®, WBU seed blends and cylinders with calcium, mealworms and Bugs & Bits® - our blend of Bark Butter® Bits and dried mealworms.

We'll make sure you have everything you need to attract, foster and enjoy the nesting bird families around your own home.

 

 

 

  

March Nature Happenings

 • Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw

• Song Sparrows can be seen feeding on the ground.

• Listen for the following to begin their courtship rituals during the month: Barred Owls, Screech Owls, White-Breasted Nuthatches, Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, Downy Woodpeckers, Crows, and Bluebirds.

• Wild Turkeys begin gobbling with males strutting and looking for mates.

• Phoebes and Fox Sparrows begin to arrive, along with Tree Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and Grackles.

• Look for the Phoebe wagging their tail from prominent, but low branches.

• Male Indigo Buntings begin to appear in the region.

• Woodpeckers are establishing their nesting territories by drumming. Don’t be alarmed if a male begins drumming on your gutters and drain spouts, that is how they attract females.

• Purple Martin scouts return by the middle of the month; be sure to have your houses ready. Do you need another Purple Martin House? We have them!

• Bluebirds stake out their territory. Be sure to have their houses ready. Bluebirds become more widespread and begin mating late in month. Attract them with nesting boxes and mealworms.

• Woodcocks are doing courtship flights. Look for them at Blandy Experimental Farm and Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve.

• Rusty Blackbirds begin their Northerly migration this month check http://rustyblackbird.org/outreach/migration-blitz/

• March is the peak month for watching migrating waterfowl at Lake Frederick and Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve.

• Take time to prepare and install boxes for cavity-nesting birds.

• Begin to monitor all nest boxes towards the end of the month.

• On warm nights listen for the early Spring Peepers coming out to serenade you.

• Woodchucks emerge from hibernation.

• Male skunks wander widely, searching for mates.

• Red Maple, Red Bud, Dogwood and Cherry Trees begin to bloom towards the end of the month.

• Roadside 'weeds' (e.g. Speedwell, Purple Deadnettle, and Storks bill) bloom before most native wildflowers.

• Inspect trees for Gypsy Moths and Bag Worms on hardwood and conifer trees. Remove any that you may find.

  


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