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"Come by and let's talk birds!"
Owner Mark McKellar is a wildlife biologist with over 20 years of bird study experience. |
E-MAIL CLUB
Monthly Updates Full Color Newsletter

We mention it from time to time, but the
newsletter looks so much better in color. If you
have internet access, we highly recommend
downloading a copy (if for no other reason than
to look at the beautiful photos taken by our
customers).
Our e-Mail group is the first to know that the
new newsletter has been posted on the website
and they receive monthly e-Mails. These updates
feature recent bird sightings, feeding tips and
hike and program reminders.
You can SIGN UP for the e-Mails on-line or at the store. On-line tends to reduce the chance of human error (not being able to read handwriting can be frustrating). Dont forget to add us to allowed e-Mails if you have a filter set up.
If you like the e-Mail newsletters you can have us take you off the paper copy list or simply receive both. |
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WIN A PAIR OF NIKON BINOCULARS 

Less Mess From Wild Delight® Presents:
Seeing Is Believing |
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Someone from our store will win a new pair of Nikon Action binoculars. Stop by the store between now and December 31st and check out the Less Mess Cardinal Food display and register. |
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If you live in a wooded area, this is the time of year to keep your eyes open for visiting Flying Squirrels. This character was eating Wild Delight Total Cuisine at a customers home in Parkville.
Photo by Linda Orr |
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Raccoon Family
Photo by Carrie Van Zandt |

DO YOU WANT TO $AVE MONEY?
ErVa Baffles 20% OFF
Through January 2009
How many pounds of bird seed do you loose to squirrel and raccoons each day? How many feeders have you had destroyed by raccoons and squirrels? In most cases, one well placed baffle can stop them.

Erva Squirrel & Raccoon Baffles Save You Money! |
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THE 10 P.M. OWL
by Karin Frank
tolls the hour
in silence.
Moonlight marks
his strikes,
dark of moon, not.
Until he swoops
only his head swivels
an immobile
fence ornament
that culls
the unwary. |
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SOME OF OUR MOST REQUESTED GIFT ITEMS EACH YEAR
Staff Recommendations
Ruth likes a hood to keep the snow off your feeders.
Joyce likes the mailbox wraps with a different bird for every season.

John likes a new Aspects feeder with the new EZ Clean base.
Mark likes the easy to clean Kozy Bird Spa heated bird bath. |
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Windchimes,
Windchimes,
Windchimes!
Heated Birdbaths
are a hot seller!
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| Squirrel-proof bird feeders not only provide entertainment but reduce stress for the squirrel frustrated among us. |
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They may not be back until March, but Purple Martin Houses are great gifts. |
| Tilley Hats not only look great but they are the only hat endorsed by the Mayo Clinic for Skin Cancer Protection. |
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How many uses can you think of for the Outhouse Birdhouse?
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE (NEST) BOX
Most of our customers are coming in for bird feeders and houses to use in the traditional manner. A surprising number of them can be used in other ways around the house. If you are, as I am, a bird lover who likes to have your hobby represented in your decorating, we can help. Aside from our gift items like the great kitchen towels and cutting boards, regular feeders and houses can be adapted for household use. We have a cute gumball machine feeder that we have been using as a people feeder in the store, a beautiful painted seed can that could store anything or even be a wastebasket, an outhouse birdhouse that looks great in the bathroom holding tissues or spare toilet paper and a window feeder that can go on the inside of your kitchen window to hold small pots of herbs. Im excited about a new cast iron dish feeder what will be holding Hersheys kisses at my house this holiday season. Our long handled feeder brushes could be just what you need to clean the lint out of your dryer. Of course, all of our shepards hooks and deck arms can be used to hold potted plants or windsocks as well as feeders. The next time you are in, take a look around and maybe youll see something outside the nestbox. |
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PROJECT FEEDER WATCH
Join us for the 22nd season of Project FeederWatch. Last year 115,000 Checklists from Citizen Scientists across the U.S. and Canada were submitted to Cornell. Its not too late to get involved. Counts go from November through April. If you only want to count once a month or you cant feed birds at your house, consider volunteering at the Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary in Liberty (816-781-8598). For more information on Project FeederWatch visit www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw or call 800-843-BIRD (2473). There is a $15.00 fee to pay for materials. |

Project FeederWatch has helped us monitor the population growth of birds like this Carolina Wren.
Photo by Rick Jordahl |
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