About Us
producer of the
"A Bird In The Hand" video series
(the video series dedicated to
maximizing your backyard bird-feeding enjoyment)
Hello!.....
my name is Michael Baughman and my video production company
Baughman Enterprises is the producer of the
"A Bird In The Hand"
video series.
The
goal of this video series is to: ..... teach everyone how to enjoy the
thrill and excitement of hand-feeding their own backyard birds ..... and
be able to do it as quickly and easily as possible!
My interest
in hand-feeding my backyard birds all started about seven years ago, one
cold Sunday morning in late November. I was slowly walking across the
backyard to fill my feeder when suddenly! ..... a tiny bird quickly
fluttered down from the tree where my feeder was hanging. I was startled
..... as the tiny bird seemed to make an attempt to land on my
leg.
Just
as quickly as it had appeared, the tiny bird disappeared
back up into the tree branches overhead. I continued to the feeder and
was filling it, when the tiny bird returned, landing just a few feet
from my head. I watched in amazement at just how close the bird was to
me, seemingly not worried at all about my presence. He seemed intent
only on getting the next bite to eat ..... which it did just as soon as I was out of
the way.
I didn't have
to back away but a few feet, before the tiny bird was at the feeder,
grabbing a sunflower seed. I watched the bird from this close distance, make
several more trips to the feeder. Then I got the idea to see if I could
get the tiny bird to take a seed out of my hand.
So I emptied all
the seed out of the feeder and stood next to the feeder. With my hand
outstretched along the end of the feeder, I put a few sunflower seeds
into the palm of my hand and waited.
In just a few
moments the tiny bird returned to a tree branch close to the feeder to
look things over. The bird seemed to be studying the situation for a few
moments. Then, once he decided that I posed no threat, he flew on over
to the far end of the feeder. From there, the bird once again studied
the situation a few more moments. Before long he realized that the only
seeds left were the ones in my hand at the far end of the feeder.
Using quick
side to side movements of his body, while bobbing his head up and down,
(to get a view from every possible angle), the tiny bird made a
decision. With three quick hops across the feeder, he quickly snatched a
seed from my hand and was gone.
I didn't even
realize until later, how cold my fingers had become ..... all I seemed
to sense was a warm glow that seemed to envelop my body, as a smile
stretched wider and wider across my face. I had been bitten by the
hand-feeding bug!
At that time,
I didn't know a Chickadee from a Nuthatch. But I soon purchased an
identification guide and learned that the small bird was a Red-breasted
Nuthatch. I never saw that Red-breasted Nuthatch at the feeder again
that Winter, but I was determined to try and
hand-feed the rest of the
birds in my backyard.
Needless to
say, the ease with which I was able to hand-feed that first Nuthatch
would not be repeated with any of the other birds in my backyard. I
could only guess that someone must have previously spent a great deal of
time to teach that bird to hand-feed.
From that day
on, until the present, I have devoted my time to developing methods by
which hand-feeding my other backyard birds could be just as quick and
just as easy as that very first time.
The results
of that effort over the last 7 years has been the "A Bird In The
Hand" video series. Anyone that uses these videos will be able to
hand-feed their own backyard birds just as quickly and just as easily as
I hand-fed that very first Nuthatch.
In these
videos you will learn several simple techniques. When put to use, these
techniques will quickly train your backyard birds to hand-feed for you.
Then, just as I did with that first Nuthatch,
on your very first
attempt at hand-feeding, within minutes, you will be
enjoying all
the
thrills and
excitement of
hand-feeding your own backyard birds!
