When nest box interiors exceed 107° F, eggs won’t hatch and nestlings under nine days old can die from heat stress or dehydration. But you can help your nesting Bluebirds survive extreme heat! Lower the temperature inside the nest box ASAP using items you have on hand. Read More about “How to help nesting Bluebirds survive extreme heat. Do this NOW!”…
For wild birds in the heat of summer, the water in your bird bath is is a haven—maybe even a lifesaver. It’s the #1 way you can support your backyard birds, all year round. Read More about “Wild Birds, Summer and Water”…
Backyard Birder’s Summer Checklist: Water, water, water! Clean out the nest debris in houses between broods. Please don’t use pesticides! Pesticides kill even the beneficial insects that your birds are counting on them to feed their babies Read More about “The Backyard Birder’s Summer Checklist”…
Why protect the native insects in your yard? Because 96% of all wild bird parents will soon be looking for these insects to feed their babies. Not seeds, not fruit—just insects. And nesting parents will need to find a mind-boggling quantity of insects to raise their families. Read More about “Delay Spring Yard Work, Please!”…
The Backyard Naturalist is the area's largest and oldest independent retailer of products for wild birds and gifts for nature lovers of all ages! Proudly serving Maryland and the Washington, DC metro area for 35 years.
We are Maryland's first and only store to be awarded Droll Yankees' Five Feather Platinum Premier dealer status.
We take care of our feathered friends’ needs year-round:
Our emails are rare birds and fly in as seasonal reminders carrying noteworthy information. We promise their chicks will never hatch in your InBox.
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Our Mission
For 35 years, The Backyard Naturalist has had this mission:
To inspire our community to appreciate and nurture the nature found in all our backyards by providing a sanctuary of food, water and shelter for wild birds.
Each of our backyard habitats contributes to the health and well-being of not only the individual visitors to our feeders and baths, but is also one more piece of habitat restored and connected to Migratory Flyways. As green space increasingly disappears due to development, our backyard micro habitats link together, backyard by backyard, across our county – our state – our country.
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