Reference Charts and Other Educational Materials
The Wild Bird Center's Bird & Bug Guy gets lots of questions from all over the country -- so we decided to pick a couple of them and post them online to learn from and for your entertainment!
How Do Robins Find Their Food?
Hawk Identification - Cooper's
Worried About Frozen Hummers: When To Put Out Hummingbird Feeders
Desperate to Help Blue Birds: Sparrows on the Fly
Bothered by Baldness: Funky Squirrels & Cardinals
Spicy Mama: Tex-Mex Eating Squirrels
Bird Seeker: Orioles, Hummers & Bluebirds
Pod Cast of Patrick, The Bird & Bug Guy, with Thane Maynard on Hummingbirds
Field Notes: Hummingbirds
Those buzzing little masters of flight are back! Hummingbirds are migrating back to the area this time of year and they're looking for food and places to nest. Thane Maynard talks to naturalist and bird expert Patrick McCollum (of the Wild Bird Center in Mason) about the habits and traits of these amazing little birds, and how best to attract them to your yard. By Thane Maynard of the Cincinnati Zoo
Wild Bird Feeding Institute Chart - What Do Certain Birds Like to Eat? & Where Do They Like to Eat It?
Bird Questions You Always Wanted To Ask
Favorite Flowering Plants of Hummingbirds
Top Ten Tips for Happy Backyard Birding