No, not the American Robin. The smaller bird on the right is a Western Tanager from, as you might have guessed, the western half of North America. It was drinking at my birdbath with about a zillion robins today. Birdbaths can be quite popular this time of year,...

Sorry kids, we tried to open today, New Year's Day, but the snow squalls have forced us to pack up and head home. Hopefully we will see you tomorrow. Bring a shovel.

While on a birding trip in Ireland, Meg stopped at the famed Giant's Causeway to show off her handsome BWGS shirt. There’s no word if the giants were impressed with Meg’s shirt, but she is clearly giving the Causeway a big thumbs-up (either that or she is hitchhiking...

Molly, a summer Cape visitor from Norway, recently had a birthday party, which featured her very own Bird Watcher’s General Store chocolate cake. How about that? Even we have never had one of those. I asked Molly if she would send us a slice, but she thought it...

This time of year most retail shops have a surprise visit from Santa, but not us. We are getting a surprise visit from an Eastern Screech-owl. This Saturday, Nov. 29th, Amy (the one in red) and one of Wild Care’s Eastern Screech-owls will be stopping by the Bird...

Two tons of fresh, delicious, made-in-Massachusetts potatoes have just arrived at the Bird Watcher's General Store and they can be all yours for free…if your hat is big enough. If your hat is smaller, no problem we’ll just give you a few less. Come by this Saturday,...

Saturday, November 22nd is our 34th annual Free Hatful of Potatoes Day! All you have to do is stop by the Bird Watcher’s General Store, with a hat, and we fill it full of fresh potatoes…for free!! That’s right free. There’s not even any tariffs. And if you are lucky,...

Here is Clayton Ives, the newest winner of our Bird Watcher's General Store T-Shirt Contest. This photo was taken at Mt. Humphrey, the tallest peak in Arizona. He is sporting one of our basic gray tee shirts.  Our favorite color.  You can also enter by wearing any of...

This photo is so cool, we have decided to include our logo hats in our Bird Watcher's General Store Photo Contest. Here is Joanna Ward in Moorea, French Polynesia, swimming with sharks and rays wearing one of our Bird Watcher's General Store logo caps.  And she looks...

Matt Cioffi is sporting our 2025 Limited Edition Marsh Madness Tee-Shirt at the Eiffel Tower. You too can entering wearing any of our logo shirts, so the logo is showing, at a famous place, in a creative way, with a cool animal, or famous person.  Our famous Bird...