The Wild Bird Store

The Wild Bird Store Backyard Birding Specialist. We carry Mother Nature Bird Seed, Aspects, Window Gems, Brome and more The Wild Bird Store launched in 1997.

Mac's father had a passion for birding that he passed onto his son. An opportunity rose to purchase a backyard birding store, and with a gift from his Father, Mac and Linda purchased what is now The Wild Bird Store. They ran the store for 17 years, building it on customer service, education, quality products, and supporting local artisans. In 2013 Mac and Linda's daughter, Kris, and business partn

er Dave, took over the day to day operations of the store. Mac and Linda passed on their love for birding, and passion for education and customer service. Kris and Dave have continued to build on the foundations of the store, and we are
very happy with our locations that provides an even better experience for our customers.

05/30/2026

๐Ÿงก๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜! ๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŽถ

These colourful spring visitors often stay high in treetops, but their rich songs and chatter can give them away long before you actually see them. ๐ŸŒณโœจ

๐ŸŽง Baltimore Oriole sound courtesy of Pixabay creator freesound_community

๐Ÿ‘‰ Have you heard orioles around Alberta yet?

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ!These colourful spring visitors have some fascinating behaviours you may not know:โ€ข ๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ...
05/30/2026

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ!

These colourful spring visitors have some fascinating behaviours you may not know:

โ€ข ๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฒ: Baltimore Orioles are known to prefer deeply coloured ripe fruit like dark cherries, grapes, and mulberries.
โ€ข ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Orioles often hang upside down and flutter through branches while searching for insects, nectar, and fruit high in trees.
โ€ข ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Their rich, whistling songs are considered one of the classic sounds of spring across North America.
โ€ข ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ -๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Baltimore Orioles spend summers in Canada and the U.S. before migrating to Central and South America for winter.

Watch for these bright orange songbirds high in Alberta treetops this spring ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜…

๐Ÿ“Visit us at our main store: 5901 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
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05/28/2026

๐Ÿงก๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!๐Ÿ‘€

These bright, energetic birds are known for their beautiful songs and love of nectar, oranges, and fruit during migration ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŠ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Are you hoping to spot orioles in your yard this season?

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ!The mystery bird is the ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž!These striking spring and summer visitors are known ...
05/28/2026

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ!

The mystery bird is the ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž!

These striking spring and summer visitors are known for their bright orange plumage and flute-like songs echoing through treetops. Baltimore Orioles are often found searching for insects, fruit, and nectar high in trees and many bird lovers attract them with oranges or nectar feeders.

Baltimore Orioles are also skilled nest builders, weaving hanging pouch-shaped nests that sway from tree branches.

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

๐Ÿ“Visit us at our main store: 5901 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
๐Ÿ“ž403-640-2632 | ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

05/26/2026

๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿฆ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐Ÿ‘€

You can help make your backyard a welcoming stop by providing fresh water and planting nectar-rich flowers this spring. ๐ŸŒฑโœจ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Are you hoping to see hummingbirds in your yard this year?

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค!This brightly coloured songbird is a striking spring and summer visitor in Alberta. Often ...
05/26/2026

๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค!

This brightly coloured songbird is a striking spring and summer visitor in Alberta. Often found high in trees, itโ€™s known for its vivid colours, energetic movements, and love of fruit and nectar.

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ:
โ€ข Bright orange underparts
โ€ข Black head and wings
โ€ข White wing bars
โ€ข A long, pointed bill

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐?
Share your guess in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ“Visit us at our main store: 5901 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
๐Ÿ“ž403-640-2632 | ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

๐Ÿšš๐Ÿฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐žHereโ€™s where you can find us this week. Stop by and stock up on supplie...
05/25/2026

๐Ÿšš๐Ÿฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž

Hereโ€™s where you can find us this week. Stop by and stock up on supplies for your feathered friends.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ!
๐Ÿ“† ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ•‘ ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ (๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ช)

๐Ÿ‘‰ Plus, donโ€™t forget our ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ stop:
๐Ÿ“† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ
๐Ÿ•‘ ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ (corner of John Laurie & Nosehill Drive NW)

๐Ÿ“Visit us at our main store: 5901 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
๐Ÿ“ž403-640-2632 | ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]

05/23/2026

๐Ÿฆ†๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐Ÿ‘€

Mallards are known as โ€œ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€,โ€ meaning they feed in shallow water by reaching below the surface for aquatic plants, insects, and other small food sources. ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Have you noticed this behaviour around ponds lately?

๐Ÿฆ† ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ!These familiar ducks have some fascinating behaviours you may not know:โ€ข ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: Mall...
05/23/2026

๐Ÿฆ† ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ!

These familiar ducks have some fascinating behaviours you may not know:

โ€ข ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: Mallards are often among the first ducks to return to Alberta in spring.
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐š๐›๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Instead of diving underwater, Mallards usually feed by tipping forward in the water with their tails pointing up.
โ€ข ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Mallards are highly adaptable and are comfortable living around city ponds, parks, and wetlands.
โ€ข ๐‡๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ: Female Mallards use their mottled brown feathers as camouflage while nesting in grasses and vegetation.

Watch for these colourful ducks around Alberta ponds and wetlands this spring ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ

๐Ÿ“Visit us at our main store: 5901 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
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05/21/2026

๐Ÿฆ† ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ!๐ŸŒฑ

Spring is one of the busiest times of year for Mallards, and many duck families are now exploring ponds, parks, and wetlands with their newly hatched ducklings. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ’› Remember to give wildlife plenty of space as they raise their young this season.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†?

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