Category: Feathered Friends Backyard Guests

You will find a variety of helpful information on feathered friend’s backyard guests that may visit your yard under this category.

Information and recipes to help you get to know and attract songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your backyard. It will also cover the pests in your yard.

The postings will have information on what your feathered friend or backyard guest eats, breeding habits, migration, and how to attract the critters to your feeders and backyard.

Hope you enjoy your stay!

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April 14, 2018
Birds

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch The American Goldfinch is a beautiful songbird that you can easily attract to your backyard.  The males have bright yellow coats with a bold black cap and black wings barred with white. The...
April 1, 2018
Birds

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker The Downy woodpecker is the smallest of North America’s woodpeckers but there are many smaller species elsewhere, especially the piculets. General Information Woodpecker with mainly black on the upper parts & wings, with...
March 3, 2018
Birds

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Red Bellied Woodpecker The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Its...
February 11, 2018
Garden Pests

Slugs

How to Get Rid of Slugs in the Garden Slugs eat through and create damage to fruits, vegetables, plant leaves, and seedlings.  What does the damage look like? Have slug issues? Here is how to...
January 28, 2018
Birds

House Finch

House Finch The house finch is a small passerine bird that is part of the family Fringillidae.  They are generally seen hanging onto the food source their eating from, perched, or scavenging the ground for food.
December 31, 2017
Birds

White Breasted Nuthatch

General Characteristics of White-Breasted Nuthatches One of my favorite birds to watch is white-breasted nuthatches.  You can always tell when they are around because they have a unique yank, yank voice and lower hah, hah,...
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