NESTING: Female builds a cup nest, loosely built with twigs, rootlets, flower heads, and forb stems lined with finer stems and rootlets. Nest is placed in the fork of a tree or shrub 4-25″ above the ground, often near water. Both male and female incubate one brood per year of 3-4 bluish-green eggs with brown [...]
Butterflies capture the attention and inspire the imagination of both young and old. Inviting these natural beauties into your garden is as easy as choosing the right plants and providing a few other creature comforts that butterflies require to flourish in a single location. First, learn which butterfly species are native to our region. There are [...]
Wild Birds
The following hummingbird conversation about the HummZinger Mini Hummingbird Feeder is an excerpt from the non-existent book Humming Along: What I Heard by the Nectar Feeder published by no one in August 2002. Haley: Why the long bill, Harvey? Harvey: Oh… hello, Haley. Long bills just run in my family, I guess. Haley: Well, sure, [...]
Assorted Gift Card Designs Grange Co-op Gift Cards are the right gift for anyone– especially when you’re not sure what they want! They are available in 3 amounts: $10, $25 or $50. You also get to choose from 5 colorful designs: Sporting Goods, Pet, Garden, Farm, and Clothing. Regardless of the design you choose, the [...]
Read Grange Co-op’s Spring 2013 Wild Bird Country Newsletter. In this version we talk about Focus on Bird Conservation, window collisions and cats. Laura also answers a question about baby birds.
Hummingbirds are one of the easiest and least messy birds to attract to your yard. The best time to get started is early spring when they are returning from migration and looking for a place to raise young. Give a new feeder plenty of time, (possibly a month or more), to attract these birds being [...]
Humming Birds, Wild Birds
Below are some interesting facts about hummingbirds: Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world. An average hummingbird consumes half its weight in sugar each day. If an average man had a metabolism comparable to that of a hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day to maintain his weight. Hummingbirds [...]
Facts, Himming Bird
The Bullock’s Orioles are due back anytime now. The first sighting at my house last spring was on May 4th. When I hear a medium-pitched 2-note whistle and a rapid chatter that stands out from the other birds singing in my yard, I start looking around. Both the female and male sing, though they have [...]
Bats are extremely beneficial mammals. In North America, bats are the primary predators of night-flying insects. Some species of bats can capture several hundred insects an hour. There are 15 species of bats in Oregon. All 15 species can be found east of the Cascades, and 12 of the 15 are found west of the [...]
By Laura Fleming The first step in choosing a bird house is to assess what type of habitat you live in and therefore, what birds might be inclined to use your nest box. Please note: Not all birds will use a nest box. Only birds that naturally nest in cavities of trees will use a [...]
Bird, Birdhouse
