Buying Gifts for Bird Lovers
Sometimes buying gifts for Christmas, birthdays or as a thank you can be really difficult. However, buying gifts for bird lovers is really easy, particularly those bird lovers with a garden, as a new feeder, table or other device to attract birds is always welcome. When you include bird books, bird DVDs and all the other bird related products that exist, buying gifts for bird lovers can be made really easy indeed - there is just so much to choose from.
Let me give you some ideas.
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Helping Birds
101 Ways to Help Birds
Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/04/2009)
101 ways for bird lovers to help birds is 101 ways for bird lovers to enjoy birds.
Birds of the Garden Poster
Bird Feeders
Below is a selection of feeders that would make useful gifts for a bird lover.
EZ Fill Glass Hummingbird Feeder
Hanging nectar feeder idel for attracting those amazing hummingbirds.
Amazon Price: $16.68 (as of 07/04/2009)
Garden Song® 101-4 Dine Around Window Bird Feeder
Perch-on feeder that sticks onto a window for close-up views of your feathered neighbours.
Amazon Price: $9.66 (as of 07/04/2009)
3LB SILO 3 TIER BIRD FEEDER
A large three tiered seed feeder ideal for attracting large numbers of finches.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Duncraft Classic Window Bird Feeder
A stick on-the-window feeder which birds hop into for super clear close up armchair bird watching.
Amazon Price: $15.11 (as of 07/04/2009)
ART LINE INC #6100 9x9 Hanging Bird Feeder
No fills but popular feeder that can be filled with any suitable food.
Amazon Price: $5.48 (as of 07/04/2009)
Hummingbirds on a Feeder
My Neighbors Humming Bird Feeder
This is the regular morning scene at my neighbor's house. She put a Humming Bird Feeder out and those are some little territorial suckers.
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Wild Bird Food
Bird Food Recipes
This is the first e-book I have ever purchased and whilst I found it simple and compact, it certainly contains some interesting ideas on making food for specific bird species as well as a very useful reference guide to which species are attracted to which foods. At only £7.95 with a 100% no questions asked money back guarantee if you don't like it, this e-book is worth a look for those interested in backyard bird feeding and wild bird food recipes.
Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders
Duncraft 169 Squirrel Proof Pavillion Platform Feeder
Amazon Price: $66.22 (as of 07/04/2009)
Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder
Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Contech SquirrelStop Automatic Spinning Squirrel Deterrent
Amazon Price: $47.28 (as of 07/04/2009)
Varicraft The Bouncer Squirrel Proof Feeder (Model SBF-1)
Amazon Price: $81.17 (as of 07/04/2009)
Squirrel and Bird Feeder
Squirrel Spins Off of Bird Feeder
The world's funniest squirrel video.
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How To Outwit Squirrels
Outwitting Squirrels: 101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/04/2009)
Toy Birds
PLUSH BIRD 5in NORTHERN CARDINAL
Amazon Price: $3.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Common Loon
Amazon Price: $3.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush Snowy Owl Audubon Bird 6"
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush Pileated Woodpecker Audubon Bird 5"
Amazon Price: $4.71 (as of 07/04/2009)
Birds of the Garden Poster
More Toy Birds
PLUSH BIRD 5in BLUE JAY
Amazon Price: $4.09 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush Eastern Bluebird 5"
Amazon Price: $3.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush California Quail Audubon Bird 5"
Amazon Price: $4.71 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush Canada Goose 5"
Amazon Price: $3.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Plush Great Blue Heron Audubon Bird 5"
Amazon Price: $4.47 (as of 07/04/2009)
Top Quality Bird DVDs
Winged Migration
What it says on the label, a great story about bird migration.
Amazon Price: $10.49 (as of 07/04/2009)
The Life of Birds
Probably the best series about the behaviour and evolution of birds ever made.
Amazon Price: $34.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition)
A moving documentary about the ordeals faced by Emperor Penguins.
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Bird Sounds
Echoes of Nature: Morning Songbirds
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
One Hour Long Bird Song
Amazon Price: $0.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Singing Birds: Nature's Relaxing Sounds
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Morning Birds
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Sounds of the Earth: Birds In Rainforest
Amazon Price: $13.98 (as of 07/04/2009)
Bird T-shirts
Red-Tailed Hawk Bird (Front) Kids T-Shirt
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Penguin Family T-Shirt
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Snowy Owls T-shirt 100% Cotton TEENS and ADULTS Short Sleeve Shirt
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Hummingbird Adult T-Shirt
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Floral Heart-Hummingbirds Adult T-Shirt
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Courtney Cox Wearing Bird T-shirt
More Bird T-shirts
Bird Kitchen Tools
Animal House Toucan Can Opener
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 07/04/2009)
Animal House Bird Peeler
Amazon Price: $10.00 (as of 07/04/2009)
Animal House Woodpecker Scissors
Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 07/04/2009)
Animal House Parakeet Garlic Press
Amazon Price: $15.00 (as of 07/04/2009)
Birds of the Garden Poster
Bird themed stuff
Plush Pipaln Birds in Nest Puppet 10"
Amazon Price: $18.88 (as of 07/04/2009)
Set of 8 Magnetic Birds
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Wood Magnets Bird
Amazon Price: (as of 07/04/2009)
Audubon Singing Bird Clock - 13"
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 07/04/2009)
Other Interesting Bird Lenses
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10 Bird Video Clips you Must See
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Birds are an amazing group of species, the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, indeed there is evidence to suggest that they are dinosaurs. I have been watching birds since I was 7 years old, but it didn't take me long to see that bird behaviour...
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The Life of Birds
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The Life of Birds is a fantastic 10-part documentary BBC televison series first broadcast in 1998. Narrated by David Attenborough, The Life of Birds contains some of the most memorable footage of bird behaviour ever seen, including many species never...
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How to be a Good Birdwatcher - 15 Tips.
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I have been birdwatching for nearly 30 years now and have been a "professional" birder for almost 2 years and whilst I would not claim to be the perfect birdwatcher I hope that in this lens I can pass on a few tips and tricks that I have learned to o...
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Birdwatching In Britain - My Favourite Birds
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I have been birdwatching for almost 30 years now and a number of species have become favourites of mine. Most of my favourite birds make my list because of something personal to me and not because they are rare, colourful or iconic species; in fact t...
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Helm Bird Identification Guides
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The Helm series of Field Guides and Identification Guides are a superb set of resources for birders, birdwatchers and ornithologists alike. I have been birdwatching for more than 30 years and as I have become a more serious ornithologist I have beco...
Some Useful Bird Links
- RSPB Shop
- Lots of bird related gifts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
- Ten Great Bird Video Clips
- A squidoo lens with 10 weird and amazing bird video clips.
- The Life of Birds
- A squidoo lens about the brilliant BBC documentary: The Life of Birds.
- Birdlife International
- International Bird Conservation.
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