Great Backyard Bird Stories:
“Tails” of Avian Visitors
There are interesting backyard bird stories here that relate an experience or a belief that someone or a group of people have experienced.
Some of these tales of feathered friends were submitted to one of our annual Story Contests, others are from friends or myself.
Read the brief descriptions here and then by clicking on the link to the individual story pages the adventure will begin.
Take your time and enjoy the experience of other backyard bird watchers!
The Birding Curve
By C. E. Jones
2020
The Birding Curve is the story of one family man’s story of how he enjoyed getting started watching backyard birds with his wife and son. A “curve” of a different feather!
Fertile Myrtle
By Noel Laflin
2020
Weather forecasters dubbed the approaching storm, Lucifer. And when it did finally make landfall one late Friday afternoon in mid February, 2017, it lived up to its name and struck with a wicked punch. Find out how an Allen’s Hummingbird Mom made out while looking after her 2 babies…
Grampy Cardinal
By Judi Bogardus
2020
A touching story of how important Grandparents can be to passing on lifes passions and helping shape young lives. Grampy Cardinal
Sandhill Crane At The Backyard Buffet
By Clark LaGrange
Story Contest Visitor Vote Winner 2019
It is shocking to look out your window one day and see something with
steely eyes that is tall, nearly as tall or taller than yourself looking
back at you! But that is exactly what happened to one of our photo
story contest winners from our Backyard Bird Story Contest in 2019! Read all about it!
Dad And His Hummingbirds
By Sheila Chapman
Story Contest Winner Judges Vote 2019
Enjoy this touching story of how a Hummingbird brought a family together through Dad & His Hummingbirds.
For the Love of Feeding Birds
By Kathy Berent
Story Contest 2019 – The Joy Of Bird Baths
For the Love of Feeding Birds “My tale is a true tale and a happy tail… that evolved slowly but has given me tremendous pleasure.” Enjoy Kathy’s story as it might be not unlike your own or inspire you to make your own similar story. Great Inspiration!
Birch Tree & Woodpeckers
Anishnabeg (Ojibway) Legend
The birch tree has a story to tell of how, it and wild birds, particularly Woodpeckers, helped humans to discover a valuable food source. Read the connection between birch tree, Woodpeckers and humans.
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The Great Blue Mystery
by Judy Coates
The Great Blue Heron mystery was eventually revealed but it was a puzzle for a long time. But we persevered and discovered the answer. Enjoy this Great Blue Mystery!
Soaking Up The Sun
by Deanna Mayhew
In the summertime my garden is my happy place and when all the beautiful flowers I have planted are in bloom, I can easily spend the entire day there and always enjoy doing so.
It’s also a happy inviting place for the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds…
Coopers Hawk Visits Feeder
by Lynda Horn
When we see this type of event playing out it brings such mixed emotion. It is a completely different to see it play out in real life compared to reading about it or even seeing a video. Read about Lynda and her son’s experience.
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Common Backyard Birds
- Part l: Life In A Goldfinch Nest This is a story in video of an adventure into the beginning of life for four Goldfinch youths.
Part ll: Full Fledge: Goldfinches Fledge day is the next video along the path of the journey for the young Goldfinch chicks.
- Best Bat Facts They look the part of an evil villain, but it is only the adaptations of survival that have resulted in their unique look. They live in caves and other equally dark places and they make eerily spooky sounds. But let’s stick to the facts about bats.
- Canada Jay
Meet this energetic, gregarious Jay that will quickly become one of
your favourite birds. You may even be spurred on to visit an area where
you can share lunch with this fun bird.
- Great Blue Heron Facts One of the biggest and best fishermen of the bird world. A beautiful bird, a denizen of the shore.
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