We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.
4800 Whitesburg Drive
Huntsville, AL 35802
Phone: (256) 536-9128
Email: Send Message
Store Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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Happily celebrating our 23rd year in Huntsville!
• Jan. 1 – 31: Project FeederWatch continues
• Jan. 3 – 4: Quadrantid Meteor Shower - See up to 60 falling meteors per hour!
• Jan. 9: Full Moon, Jan. 23: New Moon
• Jan. 11: Aldo Leopold's (Father of Wildlife Conservation) birthday
• Watch for mixed flocks of birds to feed on winter berries, poison ivy and cedar trees.
• Now through late March is a difficult time for birds; providing food and an open source of water is important.
• During the first or second week of January, the first returning Purple Martins will be seen along the coast.
• Squirrel mating season.
• Woodpeckers are easy to spot on leafless trees.
• Waterfowl are present on the coast or on deep-water lakes.
• Coastal states host many wintering hummingbirds that need a reliable source of nectar.
• During late January or early February, Great Horned Owls will be sitting on their eggs.
• Bald Eagles begin nesting behavior.
• Black-crowned Night-Heron nesting begins.
• Wood Stork colony formation begins.
• Barred Owl: (January - February) nesting peak (incubation 28-33 days)
