This Week's Bird Garden News

Here's another winter bird garden news post - but this one includes garden tools. We also found an article about a bird garden that provides plenty of food, without birdfeeders.

The Gardener's Eden - Mild Days & Mid-Winter Pruning
I love winter pruning tasks, and find that warm, sunny days in late February, March and even early April (depending upon your climate, of course) are perfect for shaking off cabin fever and getting back in the garden! But, before you start cutting, take the time to clean and sharpen your tools, and take a long walk around the .... The early bird catches the arugula! ...

Image Courtesy of: http://www.thegardenerseden.com/?p=25669
Post-pruning clean-up time. All pruning tools are cleaned with rubbing alcohol, sharpened with a whetstone, and oiled before returning to the garden room for storage.

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This Week's Bird Garden News

We found a couple of great article about all the things we can do in our bird gardens during the winter. In fact, the first one offers specific suggestions for the months of December, January, and February. The second one discusses winters in Maine bird gardens!

Winter Gardening Tips | bcliving Even though it's winter, there's plenty to keep you busy in the garden during these chilly months. From indoor tree growing to bird bath maintenance, we've got you covered....

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This Week's Bird Garden News

We found this terrific article about a trio of white egrets that visited the author's bird garden pond. You'll find more images and some interesting details about egrets...

Big Winter Birds - Beautiful Wildlife Garden Great Egrets chose their winter feeding grounds in Florida.

Image Courtesy of: http://www.growerssecret.com/i-love-my-garden-blog/bid/100560/Attracting-Birds-to-your-Winter-Garden

We can attest to their amazing, long-legged, gangly body offset by that magnificent feathery crest! Although we don't have a garden pond, we live next to the Pecos River in Southeast New Mexico. We have seen them up close and personal in the remoter areas of Pecos River Lake... we consider it our "personal" bird garden.

We've set up this special RSS feed for bird lovers and gardeners who want the latest bird garden news!

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This Week's Bird Garden News

These bird garden news articles offer some really good tips for feeding birds during the winter. In fact, one has seven tips and the other has ten - lots of good advice here...

Seven Tips For Feeding Birds This Winter | Wild Comment That said both the RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology now approve feeding birds all year round. Most people believe that feeding garden birds does more good than harm, especially during winter when nutritious food...

Image... Bird feeders: blue tit and great tit feeding / Alan Price

Image Source...Bird feeders: blue tit and great tit feeding / Alan Price (Courtesy of: http://www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/2011/12/seven-tips-for-feeding-birds-this-winter/

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This Week's Bird Garden News

This week's bird garden news articles feature practical and effective tips for storing bird seed.

Image Credit: http://www.hortmag.com/wp-content/uploads/chickadee.jpg

Keep Bird Seed Fresh for Birds | Horticulture - The Art & Science of ... Putting out bird feeders is a great way to attract more birds to your yard and garden in winter. There are some steps you need to take to ensure that the bird seed you are storing stays fresh and safe for the birds to eat, and to ...

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This Week's Bird Garden News

All of this week's bird garden news articles have tips for feeding birds in the winter. The first one includes eleven tips by Steve Kress, Audobon biologist.

Image courtesy of: Donna Trussel http://magblog.audubon.org/11-tips-bird-feeding

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This Week's Bird Garden News

The bird garden news articles for this week have practical tips to attract birds into your garden. They cover everything from using pomegranates, selecting the right street trees, and possible birds that Mid-west gardeners could find during the winter months.

(photo copyright Bob Bowers) http://www.birdingthebrooke.com/2011/11/10/attracting-birds-with-pomegranate/

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This Week's Bird Garden News

Here are this week's bird garden news articles. You'll find some fun and practical tips for attracting birds into your gardens in the first two. The last article is about choosing the proper seeds to attract birds.

This terrific image is by Paula Bonelli - Courtesy of: http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/2011/08/24/attracting-birds-with-grape-jelly/

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This Week's Bird Garden News

Here are a couple of bird garden news articles about attracting birds into our gardens. After all, a bird garden isn't complete without birds... right?

By the way, the blue jay image is courtesy of JacquiT (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/ shannonlite/4182330198/in/ photostream/)

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This Week's Bird Garden News

These bird garden news articles offer some really good tips for attracting birds into your gardens. One of them is about creating the best bird habitat, and the next one gives ideas for attracting birds during the cold weather months.

Attracting Birds with Pomegranate | Birding the 'Brooke birdingthebrooke.com - 11/10/11 Many published articles advise readers how to attract birds to their yard or garden. Most bird lovers know that a bird-friendly habitat helps: trees and shrubs for shade, perching, nesting, roosting and hiding. Water and flowers ...

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