If you’re looking for a place to spend that time off work… how about looking right in your own backyard? With the help of Wild Birds Unlimited and just a few accents and nature-enticing additions, your backyard has the potential to be a place of relaxation and excitement.

Our wide variety of seasonally-appropriate bird food and feeders, wind chimes, bird baths, garden accents and more – everything you need to make the most of your backyard.

 

 

 

 

It's Our Way of Saying Thanks: November 27th through 29th

Our customers mean the world to us. And to show it, we're celebrating with our Customer Appreciation Days, November 27 thru 29. Visit these days to be a part of the fun, and be sure to bring the coupons that are featured below. Thanks again for continuing to support our store, nature and wildlife. With your help we have had a successful two years of business.

>> CLICK HERE to download coupons! 

 

THE TOUGHEST BIRDS AT YOUR FEEDERS

Dear Friend of Nature,

Woodpeckers are hard-headed. It comes with the territory.

When excavating, woodpeckers can strike a tree at speeds up to 15 mph. This is enough force to create brain damage in most  other birds, and certainly in our human brain. But due to a number of adaptations, woodpeckers thrive on this heavy hitting.

Woodpeckers' skulls are incredibly strong, yet lightweight, due to a reinforcing meshwork of bony support struts. This skull structure moderates the impact of the blows while transmitting the force away from the brain.

With all that pounding, why doesn't a woodpecker's bill wear down to a dull nub? It does wear down, however, special cells at the tip of the bill constantly replace the lost material, keeping the bill strong and sharp.

Woodpeckers' tails are as tough as their bills. Woodpeckers' pointed tail feathers are especially strong and rigid, and their tail bones, lower vertebrae and the tail’s supporting muscles are very large in comparison to other birds.

These modifications allow a woodpecker's tail to serve as a sturdy prop that supports its weight while clinging to trees.

This behavior and many other woodpecker adaptations can be witnessed in your yard. Woodpeckers can easily be attracted to feeders filled with suet and no-melt dough, especially varieties containing nuts. Simply offer these foods in a WBU Tail Prop feeder, and you can get an up close and personal look at some of the toughest guys in the neighborhood.

Deborah & Ronnie, Store Owners