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Tips and Tricks for the Backyard Birder

Bird watching, or birding, is an increasingly popular hobby around the world. It's even been reported that people are sneaking away from business conventions, not to play golf, but to go birding with hopes of adding to their life list of birds sighted! Back at home though, it's so pleasurable to create an inviting environment and watch birds visit the garden or deck. Here are some tips and tricks that we hope you'll find useful.

	Saving Berries for Winter If you have access to a few berries in the fall, your bird visitors will be very thankful when winter arrives and such food is scarce.

	Photo Tips: Using Nature's Props Adding a few twigs and props can assist you in getting some super pictures.

	Small Pond for Birds Birds love this a small pond with a little waterfall.

	Pine Cone Feeder A simple pine cone stuffed with some home-made suet can attract a variety of birds.

	Helping Out Nesting Birds Placing cattails and grasses near your feeding station provides a new nest-building material for your backyard birds.

	Natural Log Feeder Using an old log or branch as a feeder can gives you some effective photo opportunities.

	Suet Log Feeder This project makes a great looking feeder that can be stuffed with suet.
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	Suet Block Feeders Here's a little project to make a couple of feeders for suet blocks.

	Protecting Your Hummingbird Feeder If you live in an area that gets snow and hummingbirds, you might want to check out this simple idea.
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	The Importance of Water Water is a major attractor of all sorts of birds and it's easy to set up some simple water sources as you'll see in this article.
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	Creating an Inviting Environment It can be simple and rewarding to create an inviting environment for your bird visitors. Here are some ideas.

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