Nancy Castillo

Nancy Castillo is the co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited - Saratoga Springs NY.

OFFICIAL BLOGGER
2011 MIDWEST BIRDING SYMPOSIUM
September 15-18, 2011 ~ Lakeside OH
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MY BACKYARD HABITAT

- 2+ acre wooded lot in the Adirondack foothills of upstate New York
- Elevation 1,300 feet
- Rural setting
- Yard List: 88 species

SHELTER PROVIDED
- 2 acres mixed deciduous/coniferous forest (spruce, hemlock, balsam, poplar, cherry, birch, beech) includes 1 acre wooded ravine
- Limited "lawn" area (1200 sq ft)
- No pesticide or fertilizer use
- Numerous brush piles including old Christmas trees
- Fruit bearing vegetation: Mountain ash, sumac, holly, rosa rugosa, bittersweet, dogwood, junipers, crabapples

FOOD PROVIDED
- Seed blends (WBU Choice, WBU Supreme, WBU Deluxe during winter)
- Safflower
- Niger and WBU Finch Blend
- Peanuts (shelled and in-the-shell)
- Sunflower chips
- Seed cylinders and Stackables
- Jim's Birdacious Bark Butter
- Suet and suet plugs
- Mealworms
- Fruit

TYPES OF FEEDERS
- Hoppers
- Seed Tube
- WBU Eliminator
- Catch-a-Seed Tray under hopper feeder
- Mesh Peanut
- Finch (mesh and tube)
- Suet (cage and log)
- Fruit
- Nesting material cage
- Window feeders (seed hopper; hummingbird; tray)
- Hummingbird
- Covered dish feeder
- Covered feeder for seed cylinders

WATER PROVIDED
- 3 birdbaths (1 heated)
- 24x7 dripper during summer
- Solar-powered fountain in bath during summer

PLACES TO RAISE YOUNG PROVIDED
- Nest boxes
- Dead trees left standing unless threat to property