How to Transition Your Bird Feeders from Winter to Spring – A Guide from Minnesota
The shift from winter to spring bird feeding isn’t a teardown. Here’s how to layer in spring foods, time your oriole and hummingbird feeders, and attract migrants.
5 Birds Visiting Minnesota Feeders Every April (And How to Attract Them)
April at a Minnesota feeder is pure magic. Here are five birds showing up right now, what they’re doing, and how to attract them to your yard this spring.
Why Birds Are Disappearing from Feeders in Spring (And What to Do)
Birds vanishing from your feeders in spring? Don’t panic, it’s completely normal. Here’s why it happens and what you can do to keep the action going all season long.
Two Bird Foods That Made Winter Bird Feeding Less Messy for Me
To be frank with you, bird feeding will never be a 100% mess-free hobby, but I’ve been feeding birds from my apartment balcony for five years and have found there are a couple of foods you can put out to reduce your mess and clean up time significantly. If you want to backtrack or start this hobby with as little mess as possible, you can’t go wrong with the two foods I’ll detail below.
If I Could Buy 1 Bird Feeder Again, It Would Be This One (Here’s Why)
This bird feeder has paid for itself in bird seed that remains out of the clutches of squirrels, it’s well-liked by my local birds, and it’s stood up to all sorts of weather with no visible wear and tear.
5 Top Foods for Birds in Winter (That Actually Help Them)
Winter can be tough for birds. Nights are long, temperatures are brutal, and natural food sources become limited and can disappear under the snow.
How to Attract 24 Utah Birds to Your Feeders
Looking for a reference guide on bird feeding in Utah? Look no further! Below I’ve listed (in alphabetical order), 24 Utah birds you can attract to a feeder, their preferred food, and the top bird feeder options.
How to Attract 26 Montana Birds to Your Feeders
Looking for a reference guide on bird feeding in Montana? Look no further! In this story I’ve listed Montana birds you can attract to a feeder, their preferred food, and the top bird feeder options.
2026 Review: This Spicy Suet Stopped Squirrels at my Bird Feeder
I’ve had off and on trouble with gray squirrels eating up all the suet at my bird feeding station. My hopeful solution? This spicy suet!
7 Types of Woodpeckers in Minnesota You Can Attract to a Bird Feeder
In Minnesota, we’re lucky to have a wide variety of birds throughout the year, including several different species of Woodpeckers.