We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.
4215 NW 16th Boulevard
Gainesville, FL 32605
Phone: (352) 381-1997
Fax: (352) 381-1995
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Store Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Save 15% every day on birdfood and get points as usual, but let us thank you for being a club member during November with Double Points on all non-birdfood purchases except optics. Now is the time to get that new pole system, feeder, or birdbath you've been eyeing. Santa likes double points, too. We have something for every nature lover on your holiday list. If you are not currently a club member, now is the time to join.
Many of us have been feeding birds in the Gainesville area for years and have never seen a Baltimore Oriole at our feeders. Maybe we’ve never seen one at all. But within a few miles of your house, there are people feeding Baltimore Orioles all winter long. In a few unusual cases, the orioles are thick enough to form flocks of up to 30 or so birds.
How do they do it? The first part of the answer is nectar and suet. Orioles don’t typically take seed from feeders. These legendary oriole flocks are visiting yards in which they consistently find good sources of nectar and suet.
The second part of the answer is perseverance. Orioles are difficult to attract to any feeder but discipline helps tremendously. Anywhere that you find flocks of orioles you also find a dedicated human attendant who is determined to maintain feeders with fresh nectar and suet so that there orioles stick around all winter and return the next.
For those of us who can’t or won’t make that kind of commitment to our potential oriole-attracting feeders, there is still a fair chance of attracting smaller numbers of orioles in sporadic visits. The simplest oriole feeder is a halved orange impaled on a nail or spike but if you want a touch of style, much more decorative fruit feeders are available
at WBU. There are also nectar feeders specially designed to accommodate orioles.
Finally, orioles tend to take suet embellished with fruit flavorings. Try offering Craivin’ Raisin or Fruit Cakes suet in the winter to increase your chances of hosting a Baltimore Oriole.
It has been a while since we have been so excited about a new birdfood product. The new Stackables seed and suet cylinders are really awesome, particularly for Florida.
The new Stackables are about a third of the size of our current seed cylinders. We think they are perfect for Florida because the smaller size means that they are less likely to spoil in the heat and moisture. Now I know we have customers out there that are laughing right now, because their birds love the cylinders so much that they don’t have time to spoil. For those customers, you will be excited about the new varieties the Stackables offer.
There are three varieties that are mostly or entirely seed and nut based. The Fruit & Nut Seed Cylinder consists of pecans, sunflower chips, peanuts, blueberries, cranberries, cherries, and apples. For the first time we even have a No-Mess Seed Cylinder which consists of sunflower chips, peanuts, tree nuts, suet nuggets, and cherries. Nature’s Nut & Suet Seed Cylinder might be our favorite. It is made up of pecans, peanuts, black oil sunflower, and two embedded suet plugs. Laura tested this one at her house and it was a favorite of the Downy Woodpeckers.
The last Stackable is the Peanut Butter’n Jelly (PB’nJ) No-melt Suet Dough. This is the same as our PB’nJ Dough but in a small cylinder form. This way you can mix up the cylinders with different kinds of seed, fruit, and suet.
All of these work with our cylinder feeder and on the WBU Dinner Bell feeder (pictured to the right). The Dinner Bell is one of our favorite feeders because you can offer almost any kind of birdfood in it. You can use the cylinders on the stem of the feeder while offering other food in the tray.
Come in a check out this new birdfood. Your birds will love it.
We send out our newsletter, BIRDTracks and montly articles, news from feeders, and information about any specials that we might be running at the store via email. If you would like to get either of these e-mails let us know. The nice thing about our e-mail program is that you can pick and chose what you would like to receive. You can visit us at the store to update your account with your e-mail, or simply click on the link in the left hand navigation bar on this webpage.
