
News & Tips

How to use a bird feeder correctly
April 03, 2018
Feeding wild birds may seem easy at first glance. But in fact it requires more than just putting out bird seed...

Five tips for photographing birds
March 29, 2018
It's not just a case of yelling ‘watch the birdie’ and hitting the button. That’s why we thought we’d share these top bird photography tips for capturing our beautiful native birds.

Grasshoppers, crickets and mealworms – oh my!
February 28, 2018
These crunchy critters are certainly a craze. There were so many requests for them that we expanded our range of dried insects to include grasshoppers and larger bags of mealworms and crickets. So what kind of pets are gobbling up these delicacies?

A closer look at our garden bird life
January 24, 2018
The Garden Bird Survey results from last year are out and we take a look at what's happening to bird numbers in Otago.

Spring is in the air...
October 16, 2017
It’s this time of year when birds really knuckle down to work. Breeding, nest-building and feeding young chicks takes a lot of extra energy though...

Identifying New Zealand birds
June 21, 2017
With the annual New Zealand Garden Bird Survey now under way, we thought it was time to put together our box of bird identification tricks. Here are our favourite tools, online and on paper, to help you recognise and record those birds.

Wanted in winter
June 01, 2017
Natural food for birds is scarce at this time of year. That’s why we put out energy-rich food to help them through. Here are some of our top winter warmers for birds.

Modelling appropriate feeding
May 24, 2017
When a recent development to the popular Minecraft game allowed users to feed cookies to birds, the reaction was swift.