Birder's Back Yard Five Favorites I may be stretching this “backyard bird” idea, but I live on a point with water on three sides.   In Favorite Summer Visitors By far, the two pairs of American Goldfinches that come to feed on thistle and a bit of black-oil sunflower seed are my favorite summer visitors.   More Hummingbird Tales WildBird readers sent in so many hummingbird tales that we decided to share more in this issue.   Favorite Hummingbird Experiences One morning, something caught my eye. A male Ruby-throat was enjoying the dripper in the birdbath outside the screen door.   Birder's Back Yard: Cleaning Tips and Techniques Feeders should be cleaned at least once a month to keep them in tip-top condition and healthy for the birds.   Birder's Back Yard Birders may know Rochester, Minn., for Silver Lake. In winter, hundreds of Canada Geese make the lake their home.   My Menu for Avian Visitors I am fortunate to live in the thermal belt of western North Carolina, about 10 minutes by car from the South Carolina line. When I moved here in 2000, my gardener cousin told me that all I needed to offer the birds was black sunflower seeds. I learned that he was right.    Beginners' Guide to Housing Nestboxes on your property can provide upclose glimpses into avian life and lifelong memories.   Backyard Bird of Prey Encounters We don't see owls very often in northwest British Columbia. We're either outside the species' ranges, or the local species are so sparsely distributed that we rarely see them.   Vanishing Visitors Over the past four years, more than 40 acres of woods and fields near us have been developed. This has completely changed the numbers and types of birds at our feeders.   The Red Bird of America Attract nesting Northern Cardinals to your backyard.   Knock, Knock Open the door and invite Downy Woodpeckers to your backyard.   Go for the Gold Goldfinches require a little incentive to visit your backyard: tiny black seeds called thistle.   Easy in Theory It takes fruit — and lots of it — to attract Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings to your backyard.   Build a Backyard Habitat Information and inspiration await you on the World Wide Web.   In Your Own Backyard The World Wide Web brings you closer to your little patch of green.   Danger in the Backyard Precautions and awareness on your part increases the safety of birds visiting your feeders.

WildBird on the Fly! Check out Editor Amy K. Hooper's random dispatches from afield and at home.

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