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Learn what HGTV has to say about backyard bird feeding in this informative article by Gardening By The Yard host Paul James.

Find an injured bird?  If it hit a window, wildlife rehabilitators recommend setting the bird in a safe, quiet location for approximately 2 hours then checking on it.  If you don't have a protected area for it, you may put it inside a shoebox, move it to your garage and then take the box back outside before opening it after the two hours are up. 

One of three things will occur:  most likely the bird will fly away.  If the injuries were too severe the bird will have died and there's nothing a rehabber could have done to save the bird in that short amount of time (so you've saved yourself a trip across town and additional stress on the bird), or third: the bird's injuries will be more apparent and you can then transport it in the same box to a local rehab facility.  Don't know where one is by you?  Try the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) site.  In Minnesota, go to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (WRC) located in Roseville.  They're open every day of the year and easy to access off of Hwy. 36 and Dale St.

Bird Basics is your area to learn more about your backyard birds.   Two of our most popular articles are how to attract bluebirds and hummingbirds.  More articles will be added over time.

Other miscellaneous birds listed on this page currently aren't at feeders, but we've compiled information on them and would like to make it available to you year-round.  Current active birds are found in the "Sightings" section.

Attracting Eastern Bluebirds
Attracting Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

Attracting Orioles (PDF.  Don't have Acrobat Reader?  Click here.)

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-throated Sparrow