A feeder, a bag of black-oil sunflower and a free app get you thirty species in a season. The starter kit in order, with the cheap version and the worth-it version of each.
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What the robin, cardinal, chickadee, goldfinch and blue jay are doing in each season, and what it means for the feeder.
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Songs versus calls, the method that works, and the twelve songs that cover most of what you’ll hear in an American yard.
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One bird guarding the feeder while a dozen wait in the shrubs is normal. Why hummingbirds fight, and the cheap fix that feeds them all.
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Skunks can’t climb a feeder; they eat what falls under it. What they want, why it matters, and six cheap ways to stop it.
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Seed goes stale in two months and mice chew through every bag. A $27 galvanized can, a scoop, and a rule about buying less: the whole system for storing bird seed.
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Kids don’t need to be sold on birds. Put a
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Gifts a birder would actually use, sorted by budget from $9 to $240, plus three that aren’t on Amazon. Every item ships Prime.
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In most suburban yards a bird bath brings in more
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Squirrels will beat almost any single defense. They can jump
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