Winter time is a great time of year to enjoy some backyard birding.

Firstly, because there is a bigger lack of natural resources at this time of year birds are more apt to search out feeders for supplemental nutrition.

Also, because a lot more shrubs and trees have lost their foliage, it is much easier to look at and enjoy all those backyard visitors.

Having said that, we thought you might like to know what some of the birds are that you are looking at. So here’s a short list of some of the more common ones you are likely to see at your feeder at this time of year.

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That sounded a bit harsh, that title, didn’t it?
Unfortunately it’s the truth…ok, let me explain further…every year at this time of the season a perennial that is outside our front gate bursts forth with color, and everybody that comes in to pay us a visit wants to know what it is and how much it costs.
Well, what it is is Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). Ok, that’s that part answered, but why can’t you buy it?
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