Happy National Bird Feeding Month! This week I build on my post about winter bird feeding and offer tips for providing your wild birds quality winter roosting habitat as well. By incorporating key design features, you can offer a multi-species...
This week I discuss the 5 most important foods to offer your wild birds during the harsh winter months, offer specific feeder tips, and show examples from my own backyard feeding stations. By offering quality supplemental foods, you can help...
This week I discuss some significant concerns about how salt is polluting our environment and offer some ways we can eliminate or greatly reduce the use of deicers and be better freshwater stewards! This week is Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week,...
This week I share half a dozen native tree and shrub species that have persistent winter fruit to support our wildlife species, including overwintering birds as well as late fall and early spring migrants. I hope you are able to...
My belated Christmas gift to you is a Mondays with Martha Matrix that we will keep updated on our website. I've organized my environmental education posts into 13 categories to help you find what interests you most, answer your questions,...
Happy New Year 2023! In keeping with my New Year tradition, I share some inspiring nature poetry to welcome the coming year. This time I read the poem Nature by Henry David Thoreau. I think almost two hundred years later,...
This week I discuss the astronomical event of winter solstice, its cultural importance around the world, and offer some ways you can celebrate that focus on nature with a nod to past traditions. I hope you have a peaceful, reflective...
mThis week I offer half a dozen tips for making your holiday décor bird friendly and safer for all wildlife species in general. Learn how you can bring your feathered friends some holiday cheer this season.
This week I review the Smithsonian Institute's recommended ways we can make our homes and lifestyles more bird friendly. I cover 7 simple actions you can implement and ideas you can share to make the world a better place for...
