Attracting Birds, Hummingbirds  |  September 30, 2022

Fall Hummingbird Feeding with Bird Man Mel!

Bird Man Mel had a flurry of hummingbird activity in his backyard last week and captured some fantastic images. Check out his tips and tools that will bring Hummingbirds to your yard as they head south for the winter!

Bird Man Mel feeding a hummingbird with the Whimsy Wand
Bird Man Mel feeding a hummingbird with the Whimsy Wand
Having a hummingbird land on your Wand just inches from your face is truly a thrill! Hang it out with your other feeders and when you want to use it, take all your feeders down and hold the Wand in the same area. In minutes, you'll have a hummer land and get up close and personal with you.
Bird Man Mel & the Hummingbird Whimsy Wand
Bird Man Mel & the Hummingbird Whimsy Wand
I love using our handmade copper hummingbird wand feeder this time of year. Birdman Mel
Hummer Rings & Trainer
Hummer Rings & Trainer
I put my hummingbird rings in our plastic holder on the deck rail. The trick here is to place them in a plate that is deep enough that you can put water in it in the holder sits in the water. That keeps any ants on the deck from getting to your rings.

Now is absolutely the best and easiest time to hand feed hummingbirds with our Hummer Ring or Hand Feeding Copper Hummer Wand!
Bird Man Mel feeding a Hummingbird from a Hummer Ring
Bird Man Mel feeding a Hummingbird from a Hummer Ring
Feed Hummingbirds out of your hand. Use with any nectar, great for children and seniors.
Hummingbird Whimsy Wand
Hummingbird Whimsy Wand
A couple quick tips on hand feeding hummingbirds. In this feeder I hook my copper Songbird Essentials hummingbird wand on my deck hook. That way my hummingbirds get used to feeding from it, then I sit down by it and they more quickly come to feed.

Now is absolutely the best and easiest time to hand feed hummingbirds with our Hummer Ring or Hand Feeding Copper Hummer Wand!

Bird Watching  |  September 07, 2022

First Friday Bird Walks – Bird Count for September 2, 2022

During our First Friday Bird Walk co-sponsored by Songbird Station with the Columbia Audubon Society, we had 19 attendees! We went to 3M Wetlands and traveled 1.34 miles. Although overcast skies turned to a nice hard rain 32 different taxa were reported. Below is the sighting count from this walk!

1 Wood Duck
1 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Great Blue Heron
4 Green Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper’s Hawk
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Barred Owl
4 Red-headed Woodpecker
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Empidonax sp.
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
3 Blue Jay
47 American Crow
8 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Tufted Titmouse
2 House Wren
8 Carolina Wren
1 Gray Catbird
1 American Robin
25 Cedar Waxwing
2 House Finch
6 American Goldfinch
1 American Redstart
15 Northern Cardinal
11 Indigo Bunting