Proper Care of Mealworms

(Go back to duncraft.com)  Some birds are not seed eaters: their main source of nutrition is live insects. Other birds that do eat seed also enjoy a supplemental snack of live insect protein. For both kinds of diets, live ... (read more)

The Great Backyard Bird Count

 (Go back to duncraft.com) The Great Backyard Bird Count! February 15 - 18th    For four days each year in February, Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology jointly sponsor the Great Backyard Bird Count—and they ... (read more)

Squirrel Facts

(Back to Duncraft.com Home Page) Squirrel Facts Second only to songbirds, squirrels are the most fed and observed animals. The Grey Squirrel is the most common squirrel in North America. Its habit of gathering and storing food for the winter has ... (read more)

Prepare for Spring Nesting Season

(Back to Duncraft.com Home Page) Although spring sometimes seems slow in coming, it certainly doesn't for the birds. Some of our summer birds have already returned from their winter migration grounds. Most of them have traveled ... (read more)

Spring Migration

  (Back to Duncraft.com Home Page) North American birds that migrate do so by means of a complicated network of flyways and routes. The largest geographical areas of travel in North America are known as the Atlantic, Pacific, Central ... (read more)

All About Cardinals

 (Back to Duncraft.com Home Page) For northerners, there is seldom a more welcome sight on a blustery fall or winter day than the flashy red male cardinal and his attractive mate.  Even their call, an exuberant "cheer, cheer, ... (read more)

Purple Martins

(back to Duncraft.com homepage) Perhaps no other North American bird has a more interesting association with humans than the Purple Martin. As early as the 1800's, it was discovered that Native Americans had been providing the birds with ... (read more)