The Backyard Naturalist

This is the Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

Open the door to Nature for someone you love! Especially your children or grandchildren!

These are gifts that bring joy all year round and can be the start of something big:

Hummingbirds Bulk Up in Preparation for Fall Migration

Keep feeders clean and nectar fresh! See our dedicated resource page Hummingbirds!!! for everything you need to know about attracting and hosting these amazing birds.

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 over thirty years.

We are Maryland's first and only store to be awarded Droll Yankees' Five Feather Platinum Premier dealer status.

For over 30 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.