It’s dynamic, and you can’t predict what birds are coming in.” “A feeder webcam is a nice visual thing to watch,” said Bill Powers, owner of PixCams. PixCams launched its feeder webcams last year, and viewership now rivals PixCam’s most popular live feed - the Pittsburgh Hays bald eagle webcam. Viewership has increased tenfold in the past year for two live streaming webcams trained on two feeding stations in Murrysville. You don’t even have to have a bird feeder to be addicted to watching them. “Once you start, it’s an obsession, and you can’t stop.” “Feeding birds is so calming and comforting,” she said. Hopper-style and tube feeders have been popular throughout, she said. “People couldn’t go to movies, and it has brought them back to nature,” said Beth Ludvik, owner of Wild Bird Plus. Meanwhile, at Wild Bird Plus in Unity, they not only ran out of oriole feeders in the summer, their supplier ran out as well. The top seller is a squirrel-proof feeder. The nonprofit has been selling dozens of feeders. “Covid has been turning them on to watching birds in their backyard,” said Brian Shema, operations manager for the local Audubon Society. Sales of feeders, seed and most anything to do with birds have skyrocketed as people have flocked to the avian world - a safe, colorful and interesting haven during the sometimes glum and lonely days of the pandemic.Īt the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania headquarters in Fox Chapel and its store at its Succop Nature Park in Butler, sales of feeders and seed have skyrocketed 200% since early last year. Every month since the beginning of the pandemic last year has seemed like a bird feeding month. It’s not just that February is National Bird Feeding Month.
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