Wild Birds Unlimited

06/19/2026

Did someone say an ✨abundance✨ of birds? 🐦 Don’t stop feeding your backyard birds this summer, or you could miss out on one of the busiest seasons at your feeders. Summer often brings some of the highest bird activity of the year, with parents feeding young birds, fledglings making their first visits, and plenty of fascinating antics to observe.

Want to learn more about the benefits of summer feeding? Check out the latest episode of the Podcast: granger.wbu.com/nature-centered-onewbu

06/17/2026

🐦💙 It’s time to celebrate bird dads! Many father birds work hard to help build nests, protect their babies, and bring food to the family. 🪺🐛 Some even take turns keeping the eggs warm. Next time you’re watching your feeders, see if you can spot a busy bird dad on duty. 👀🌿 They may be small, but they are mighty helpers! 💪✨

06/16/2026

Summer can be dismissed as a time when birds don't need feeders, but step outside and you’ll quickly see the opposite. Backyards bustling with nesting adults, hungry fledglings and molting birds require extra protein, fats and calcium, making your feeders more important than ever. Support summer visitors with high-quality foods like Nesting SuperBlend®️, suet, Bark Butter®️, mealworms and nectar. You’ll give birds the boost they need and enjoy a backyard buzzing with life.

Featured Birds: Carolina Chickadee (top) and Chestnut-backed Chickadee (bottom)
Featured Feeders and Foods: Tidy Cylinder Feeder with Nutty for Nuts® Seed Cylinder (top) and Tidy Cylinder Feeder (Nordic Green) with Nesting SuperBlend® Seed Cylinder (bottom)

(Birds pictured are representative of North American birds. Ask us which birds are likely to visit your backyard this summer season.)

06/15/2026

✨ Father's Day Advanced Pole System Hardware Sale! ✨

Shop In-store & Receive 20% Off Our "Next Generation (APS) Hardware" at the Granger, IN location only.*

*Sale valid 6/15 - 6/30/26

🏡🐦Summer bird feeding can give you an invasion of migratory beauties that you don't see outside of spring and summer. And family feeding with both nesting parents and fledglings! Our Advanced Pole system will make viewing 👀 these seasonal birds easy and fun. Shop soon for the best selection.

Comprised of interchangeable hardware pieces, our patented Advanced Pole System® (APS) is the foundation for successfully attracting birds to your yard. Our APS lets you create a customized setup that best suits your yard and the birds you want to attract. Shop in-store and any Granger, WBU associate will be happy to help you build your pole system with you; making for an easy and quick set-up when you get home.

If you are not sure what he would like, a gift card is a great way to show dad you care!

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*Sale valid in-store only and not valid at Mywbu.com/granger online store. Sale not valid on previous purchases or combined with other sales, coupons, and discounts. Sale valid on in-stock items only; not valid on special orders, substitutions, or rain checks. Sale not valid on food products, Feeders, WBU gift cards, DSC Memberships, Bird Reel/birdfy Camera feeders, or Optics.

06/13/2026

✨ Only 2 Days Left: Garden Decor Sale! ✨

There's still time to save 20% on select garden décor, including:

🌿 Garden flags
🌪️ Wind spinners
🎈 Balloon spinners
🐝 Staked bee houses
🎵 Some of the best wind chimes on the market — proudly made in the USA
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🇺🇸 NEW STOCK ALERT! 🇺🇸

To celebrate America's 250th birthday, we've received a limited supply of:

⭐ American flag balloon spinners
⭐ Patriotic windsocks
⭐ American flag staked spinners

Stop by this weekend and take advantage of our Garden Decor Sale before it's gone!
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We can't wait to see you at Granger Wild Birds Unlimited!

📍 421 E. University Drive, Granger, IN 46530
📞 574-247-0201

Sale valid in-store only. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other sales, coupons, or special offers. Valid on in-stock décor items only. Excludes Brome, Bird Reel, and Birdy products.

06/11/2026

Some people choose not to feed birds in the summer, but what are they missing? A whole lot, it turns out. John and Brian make the case for helping your birds by providing key supplemental nutrition while also attracting more birds and seeing behaviors you’d otherwise miss. Listen today: https://www.wbu.com/episode-110-encore-dont-stop-now-perks-of-summer-feeding/

06/10/2026

BirdTracks Blog
Wonderful (and Really Tough) Woodpeckers
By WBU Inc | Birds

Woodpeckers are truly wonderful. They are some of our most loyal feeder visitors and always bring an entertaining array of activities and excitement to our backyards.

But you might also call them wondrous. This is due in no small part to their amazing assortment of adaptations which allow them to live a punishing existence that most other birds would probably think of as a life condemned to hard labor.

Consider the following:

While excavating a cavity, a woodpecker’s head can strike a tree’s surface at speeds up to 13 mph. The force of this impact (approximately 10G’s) would be enough to create brain damage in most other birds, and the human brain is three times more likely than a woodpecker’s to suffer a concussion at this speed. (Imagine running head-first into a tree at full speed!)

Some scientists have speculated that woodpeckers are able to survive this pounding due to numerous adaptations, including a skull structure that is unique to woodpeckers. The skull consists of lightweight, spongy, air-filled bone, and yet it is incredibly strong due to a reinforcing meshwork of bony support struts. More importantly, a woodpecker’s skull is also very small in relationship to the size of its brain. Thus, there is little room for the brain to rattle around and suffer damage during severe impacts.

So, with all of that pounding, why doesn’t a woodpecker’s bill wear down to a ragged nub? Wear down it does, but special cells on the end of the bill are constantly replacing the lost material. This keeps the chisel-pointed bill strong and resilient, while it actually self-sharpens with every blow.

With all this heavy hitting, woodpeckers are sure to create a lot of fast flying debris. To protect themselves they have evolved their own version of a dust mask and safety glasses. The dust mask consists of tufts of stiff feathers that grow over both nostrils to prevent small bits of wood from entering their nostrils and the safety glasses are in the form of a protective third eyelid that helps to prevent debris from entering their eyes while excavating.

Wonderful, wondrous and tough, too! How cool is that!

You can easily attract a variety of woodpeckers to your backyard with feeders filled with WBU suet, no-melt dough, Bark Butter products, shelled peanuts, TreeNutty® Plus Blend and our Woodpecker Cylinder. With any of these foods, you can get an up close and personal look at some of the coolest birds in the neighborhood.

To learn more, listen to the latest Nature Centered Podcast episode: Wonderful Woodpeckers.

06/09/2026

June Nature Happenings

June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month- Indiana Native Plants Society.

*Hummingbirds are nesting; they may become scarce at your feeders until July. Keep their feeders clean and at least half full of fresh nectar. Change the nectar every two days when temperatures soar above 90F degrees.

*Tiger Swallowtail and Monarch Butterflies emerge.

*Young birds leave their nests; their parents are usually nearby. Do Not Disturb Them! Mother's will come down to the fledglings and feed them until they fly away as long as they are NOT moved.

*Bird migration is finished until autumn. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest.

*As the month progresses, feeders can become busy with visiting parents and fledglings. Be sure to keep your feeders and bird baths clean and your seed fresh!

*Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
Young Woodchucks/ground hogs and raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.

*Bats give birth.

*Many seed-eating birds swallow small stones which remain in the gizzard, a muscular part of the stomach. The stones in the gizzard help break up hard seeds and nuts.

06/09/2026

June is National Pollinator Month! It's a wonderful time to show some love to the bees, butterflies, birds and other small creatures that keep our world blooming. Pollinators are responsible for much of the food we eat, from juicy fruits and crunchy veggies to nuts and seeds. They also play a behind-the-scenes role in preventing soil erosion, boosting carbon storage and keeping ecosystems thriving. Adding native plants to your yard, balcony or even a few patio containers creates safe spaces packed with the nectar, pollen and shelter that pollinators need to survive.

(The North American landscape supports many different pollinators. Ask us which species are likely to visit your backyard.)

06/05/2026

Meet the future of bird feeding stations.
Stronger stability. Smarter design. Fully customizable.
Our next-generation bird feeding hardware is here, and it’s raising the bar for bird feeding stations.

Learn more here: https://www.wbu.com/products/advanced-pole-system/

06/05/2026

Congrats to Matt and Angie for their recognition from Franchise Business Review! We are ecstatic that they are a part of the WBU flock! Learn more about Angie and Matt's story here: https://franchisebusinessreview.com/post/a-meaningful-career-with-wild-birds-unlimited/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSP_fJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJMTnZlODI3Q3JReWttaEl5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHppJZgqwvaTAQMWw2t59KHBPmWYJGFaAEKdL-iJNrsuobyQrVGfuqE4XUSyc_aem_YWdncwDWm5syI9urNP5qoD9sVFHP&brid=YWdncwFtqcyvXDnzg4W2J7Wh91Zo

https://franchisebusinessreview.com/post/a-meaningful-career-with-wild-birds-unlimited/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSP_fJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJMTnZlODI3Q3JReWttaEl5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHppJZgqwvaTAQMWw2t59KHBPmWYJGFaAEKdL-iJNrsuobyQrVGfuqE4XUSyc_aem_YWdncwDWm5syI9urNP5qoD9sVFHP&brid=YWdncwFtqcyvXDnzg4W2J7Wh91Zo

What happens when you turn your passion into a business opportunity?

Angie and Matt Hamilton did exactly that by opening a Wild Birds Unlimited in Pensacola in 2024 and bringing their community its first bird-centered nature store. 🦜🦉🦆

Their advice? "Choose a franchise that genuinely aligns with your passions, values, and long-term goals. Owning a business takes dedication and hard work, but it becomes far more rewarding when you truly believe in what you are building."

🔗 Read their full story here: https://franchisebusinessreview.com/post/a-meaningful-career-with-wild-birds-unlimited/

06/04/2026

🎁🐦 Looking for a fun and unique gift? A Smart bird feeders are fun, unique gifts that allow Dad to watch birds up close from his phone! 📱👀 He can see photos, learn bird names and enjoy nature anytime. 🌿✨ They are the perfect gift for relaxing, learning and spending more time with backyard birds. 💙🐤

06/02/2026

🌸🐝 This month, we’re celebrating Pollinator Month with our partners at the National Wildlife Federation! It’s a great time to see how your garden can help bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. 🦋🐦 No matter the size of your garden, pollinators are some of the easiest wildlife to support. Just plant native flowers that bloom and enjoy the show! 🌼💚

Wildlife shown represents the diversity of pollinators across North America. Have you done anything to help the pollinators in your yard? Share in the comments.

05/28/2026

Birds need protective cover. And landscaping for the ideal wildlife habitat should use native plants ranging in size and density. Click here to learn how you can certify your yard and help : https://www.wbu.com/certify-your-yard

The American Goldfinch shown is an example of the many species across North America that benefit from native plants. Have you added native plants to your yard? Share in the comments.

05/26/2026

We’re continuing to celebrate 🖤🐦 This year’s theme, Flyways & Freedom, honors the journeys, resilience, and sense of community shared by both birds and people. Throughout the week, Black Birders Week is creating space for education, connection, storytelling, and joy in the outdoors through virtual and in-person events led by Black birders, naturalists, and environmental leaders.

There’s still time to participate in this week’s events and conversations! Explore the full event schedule here: https://www.blackafinstem.com/2026-events

🖤🐦 Black Birders' Week is May 24-30! This year's theme is “Flyways & Freedom: Advocacy, Action, and the Future," focusing on the journey toward liberation, the advocacy required to protect our shared environment, and the decisive action needed to build a future where everyone belongs. 🌿✨

We’re proud to stand with and other partners who are helping shape a more inclusive outdoor community for all. 🌎🤝 Learn how you can participate: https://www.blackafinstem.com/

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we pause to remember and honor those who sacrificed for our freedom. May this day be filled with gratitude and reflection as we celebrate the enduring legacy of those who served. Today, we remember, honor, and give thanks.

Featured Bird: Bald Eagle

05/24/2026

🖤🐦 Black Birders' Week is May 24-30! This year's theme is “Flyways & Freedom: Advocacy, Action, and the Future," focusing on the journey toward liberation, the advocacy required to protect our shared environment, and the decisive action needed to build a future where everyone belongs. 🌿✨

We’re proud to stand with and other partners who are helping shape a more inclusive outdoor community for all. 🌎🤝 Learn how you can participate: https://www.blackafinstem.com/

05/22/2026

🐦💡 Here's a little knowledge about some of the coolest, tiniest birds around! Hummingbirds’ brains are about the size of a BB, but their hearts ❤️ are proportionally bigger than any other bird or mammal. Little brain, big heart — sound like anyone you know? 😉💛