Making your own hummingbird food is easy to do and costs a lot less than store bought mixtures.  Be sure when making the food that you don't make too much because after it sits for a while it will grow mold, even if refrigerated.  Also, every time you add more sugar water to your feeder be sure to clean it out with a little bit of bleach.  This will ensure that it is free of any mold that may be forming in the feeder.  It is equally important that you be sure to rinse out all the bleach.  Keep rinsing the feeder until you can no longer smell the bleach.

If you are looking for information on Sunny the fawn that is in risk of being killed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources please see our post on Sunny.

Do you have bird feeders that are often sought after by squirrels?  We have often had the same problem.  We don't dislike the squirrels, we actually enjoy them just as much as watching birds, but we would rather them leave the bird feeders alone.

Mourning Doves are very lazy nest builders.  They often will find an abandoned nest that was created by another type of bird or they build their own very poorly constructed nest.  Often they will reuse their nest for 4 to 5 sets of eggs.  With the large size of their hatchlings, the nest often gives out causing the baby birds to tumble to the ground.  If you ever see young doves on the ground don't pick them up!  Their mother and father are sure to be close by watching and feeding them.