Category Songbirds

10 Interesting Facts about the Chimney Swift – Bonus: Chimney Swift Live Stream!

WildWatch Weekly 10 Interesting Facts about the Chimney Swift - Bonus: Chimney Swift Live Stream! Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Chimney Swift About the Chimney Swift The Chimney Swift is a small, dark-colored bird known for its distinctive flying abilities and unique nesting habits. These birds are easily recognized by their slender, cigar-shaped bodies and long, narrow wings, which they use to perform agile and acrobatic maneuvers in the air. Their plumage is mostly sooty...

How to attract birds to your backyard and garden with a birdbath!

WildWatch Weekly How to attract birds to your backyard and garden with a birdbath! Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Why is water important to birds? Using water to attract birds to your backyard and garden is crucial for several reasons. Firstly, water serves as a vital resource for birds, especially during hot and dry weather, offering hydration for drinking and bathing. By providing a water source, you can help sustain bird populations, contributing to biodiversity and...

Tips to attract warblers to your backyard and feeders

WildWatch Weekly Tips to attract warblers to your backyard and feeders Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube What are warblers? Yellow Warbler Warblers are a diverse group of small, often brightly colored birds belonging to the family Parulidae, within the order Passeriformes. Pennsylvania’s native warblers appear in early spring, the males arrayed in gleaming colors. Twenty-seven warbler species breed commonly in Pennsylvania. Warblers are renowned for their melodious songs and...

Proven tips to attract finches to your bird feeder

WildWatch Weekly Proven tips to attract finches to your bird feeder Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube All About Finches If you enjoy watching our live streaming bird feeder camera systems you may have noticed a variety of small colorful birds feeding in great numbers on the feeders. Many of these birds you are seeing belong to the finch family. These are four finches you might see at our feeders. Pennsylvania is home to a diverse avian population, and among its feathered...

PixCams New Bird Migration Station

PixCams Bird Migration Station Bird migration is the regular seasonal, large-scale, often long-distance movement between breeding and wintering grounds. Many species of bird migrate. Migration behavior is a critical indicator for evaluating environmental health. Scientists use a variety of methods…