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Category: Birds
Discover the vibrant world of Midwest birds in our Birds category, your ultimate guide to feathered friends in Wisconsin and beyond! Explore songbirds like cardinals and warblers, spotting their colorful plumage in backyards or along trails. Learn about turkeys strutting through Midwest forests, ducks and herons gracing wetlands, and other water birds thriving in local lakes.
Our posts offer identification tips, fascinating facts on breeding habits, migration patterns, and diets, perfect for birdwatchers and nature lovers. Whether you’re identifying a sparrow’s song or tracking a goose’s flight, our guides bring Midwest birds to life.
Eastern Phoebe The Eastern phoebe is a medium-sized passerine bird that is part of the flycatcher family. Both the male and females have pale brown heads and backs with a white belly. and black beak....
Blue Jays There are a few birds that when they visit your backyard, you know what they are, immediately, just by the sound. Blue jays are one of those birds. Blue jays are predominantly blue...
Make Your Own Suet Recipe Make your own suet recipe to feed the birds. There is a slew of items that you can serve suet in to keep your birds happy year-round.
Snow Bunting Birds Today, I was able to capture snow bunting birds on camera. Snow buntings are birds of the high Arctic that visit us during the winter months..
Our Baltimore Orioles are Back Our Baltimore Orioles are back in Wisconsin. The orioles migrate back for breeding purposes. Lately, I have seen the wonderful mating courtship between the male and female in the treetops.
Tree Swallow The male has a glossy blue-green body with the belly and cheeks being white. The bird has dark brown eyes and the legs and feet are pale brown. Females are a duller color, normally...
The Hummingbirds Are Back My favorite past time during the summer is to sit on my back deck with an ice cold drink in hand and watch the hummingbirds feed. I love to listen to the...
10 Flowers that Attract Hummingbirds Want to attract hummingbirds to your yard? Your yard has to have elements that hummingbirds enjoy. Learn 10 flowers that attract hummingbirds.
10 Wildflowers That Attract Birds to Your Yard If you want to attract birds to your yard and also would like to add a splash of color with flowers, might I suggest the best of...
Dark-eyed Junco In Wisconsin, the dark-eyed junco seems to arrive around the third week of September. They come in mid-fall and stay for the duration of the winter. Adults generally have gray heads, necks, and...
Baltimore Oriole The Baltimore oriole received its name from the resemblance of the male’s colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. Male The adult male is orange on the underparts shoulder patch and...
Gotta Catch ‘Em All There have been some really wonderful colored birds lately on the walking paths. If you are an active birding fan you know that the warblers are sprinkled around the area. I feel...
Wisconsin Birds This page will be a running list of all my small Wisconsin birds. The birds can be found in your yards, gardens and around the woodlands areas.
Gear for Birdwatching Gear for birdwatching – Glorious days are here. I started a serious fetish with tracking down and photographing each of the warblers that are said to visit Wisconsin. I live in Green Bay...
How To Clean A Hummingbird Feeder Reduce the chance of passing on harmful bacteria through the growth of seen, or unseen bacteria that is harmful to hummingbirds by cleaning your feeder regularly. Here is how...
Bird Seed Suet Filled Egg Shell Recipe Want to make a healthy treat for the birds this winter? Try this bird seed suet filled egg shell recipe and add whatever ingredients you think your backyard...
No Sprout Bird Seed Show of hands. How many of you have weed sprouts under your bird feeders right now? I used to! Until I learned this no sprout bird seed secret.
Making Your Yard Hummingbird Pleasant Making your yard hummingbird pleasant – How can you get hummingbirds to visit your yard year after year? It’s not as difficult as one might imagine. If you provide your...
When Do the Hummingbirds Return Each year the neighbor lady asks me this question. For her, I finally just said; watch for my feeders to go up. You’ll know 🙂 For the rest of you,...
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