What is

Seattle Audubon?

Founded in 1916, Seattle Audubon members

and volunteers have continually worked for Feeder Cleaning the protection, restoration, and preservation

WASH – RINSE - REFILL of natural habitat for and other wildlife. Seattle Audubon recommends cleaning Join us! Backyard your bird feeder with hot, soapy water at The Nature Shop: Your least weekly. Let dry thoroughly and replace with . Consider rotating with a Complete Wild Bird Resource second feeder while one is being washed. Monday-Saturday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Be sure to rake the ground under the feeder Hundreds of nature-related gifts, books, and the A Guide from to remove any spilled seed and droppings. region’s best selection of binoculars and Wear gloves when cleaning feeders or spotting scopes can be found along with The Seattle when handling sick or dead birds. Should specially selected seed for Pacific Northwest you observe sick birds at your feeder(s), birds. All proceeds benefit the programs of Audubon please: Seattle Audubon. Nature Shop

 Take down your feeder(s)  Clean them thoroughly The Seattle Audubon Center  Call the Nature Shop for advice and Nature Shop 8050 35th Avenue NE  Put back your feeders after two weeks Seattle, Washington 98115

Contact us! Call: 206-523-4483 With a few simple changes, Nectar Recipe Email: [email protected] you can increase the number On the Web: www.seattleaudubon.org and variety of bird species One part to four parts water creates an visiting your yard and help ideal nectar for . Bring the compensate for the loss of water to a boil, remove from heat, and add precious habitat in Seattle and the sugar, ensuring it dissolves. Let the King County. nectar cool before filling feeders. Store excess in refrigerator. Depending upon the season, change the nectar as frequently as every few days to discourage the growth of bacteria.

Seattle Audubon Society is a non-profit, Have a question about birds?

Call The Nature Shop: 206-523-4483 501(c)(3) organization. All gifts are tax-deductible.

The Nature Shop - 2015

Attract More Birds Seattle’s Seed Ground Black-oil Hulled Nyjer Seasonality with Fruit Peanuts to Your Yard Backyard Feeder Sunflower Sunflower Thistle Birds Millet You can increase the number and variety Rock Pigeon Year round     of avian visitors to your backyard by Woodpeckers (incl. Year round   putting up feeders, providing a water Northern Flicker) source, and planting bird- and wildlife- Steller’s Jay Year round          friendly native plants appropriate for the American Crow Year round Black-capped Year round      Seattle area. Learn more: Chickadee Chestnut-backed  Seattle Audubon’s for Year round      Life brochure Chickadee   Russell Link’s Landscaping for Bushtit Year round Red-breasted Year round     Wildlife  Go to seattleaudubon.org and click Brown Creeper Year round    on Learn About Birds Bewick’s Wren Year round  In addition to the common backyard American Robin Year round  Varied Thrush Seasonal  birds listed in the table, you may see Cedar Waxwing Seasonal  “accidentals,” birds that arrive because of Yellow-rumped Seasonal     bad weather or other factors. Avian Warbler Townsend’s predators, such as Sharp-shinned Hawks, Seasonal     Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Seasonal     Merlins also visit backyards. Spotted Towhee Year round     It is always helpful to keep a good field Song Sparrow Year round     guide handy to help identify that new bird White-crowned Year round      for your backyard list. We recommend the Sparrow Golden-crowned National Geographic Field Guide to North Seasonal   Sparrow American Birds, 6th Ed., Petersons Field Dark-eyed Junco Year round       Guide to Western Birds and Sibley Field Western Tanager Seasonal  Guide to Birds of Western North America. Black-headed Seasonal   All of these books, and more, are available Grosbeak at the Seattle Audubon Nature Shop. Year round     Pine Siskin Year round    Seasonal     

For more information on any of these birds, including their seasonality, go to BirdWeb.

Edited August 2015