Weekly Articles by Eric Moore

"Fall" migration is already underway even though it is only July! It was several weeks ago that Rufous hummingbirds started showing up throughout the Central Highlands of Arizona. If you are not seeing them in your yard, a good place to observe them is at the feeders...

The hobby of backyard bird-feeding is so interesting - and so are the people who feed the birds. This past week has been almost entertaining here at the store. If I have heard the expression "the birds are eating us out of house and home" once, I have heard it a...

My family celebrated the Fourth of July holiday in Utah. On the Fourth, we drove up American Fork Canyon in the Uinta National Forest. The snowpack in the mountains this year is amazing, and the snowmelt has created raging torrents of waters crashing down the rocky...

In the May-June 2011 edition of the Arizona Wildlife Views magazine published by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, there is an excellent article titled "Giving Back to Wildlife." I particularly appreciated the information in the sidebar titled "Leave Baby Wildlife...

Concerned customers ask me every spring whether hummingbird numbers are down this year compared to last year. I personally feel that this year's hummingbird numbers are pretty much right where one would expect them to be for this time of year. Remember, the peak...

When we celebrated Jay's Bird Barn's seven-year anniversary this past October, we invited Rick Taylor to do a book signing for his recently published book on Arizona birds. Rick lives in Tucson and owns and operates a birding tour company called Borderland Tours. He...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column with a question/answer format. I received a lot of positive feedback from that column and thought I would do another article along the same lines. Question: Is it necessary to put red food coloring in my hummingbird solution? Answer:...

As breeding season gets under way, you will begin to notice some changes in bird behavior. During winter months, it is not uncommon for many species to join together in flocks while visiting your feeders. Shorter, colder days create a situation in which wild birds are...

Last Saturday I led a bird walk sponsored by the Highlands Center for Natural History as part of its third annual Birding Spree. The bird walk was in the National Forest at the White Spar Campground just off Highway 89. Whenever I lead a bird walk, I like to scout out...