We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.
Rimrock Mini Mall,
111 S. 24th St. West Suite 27
Billings, MT 59102
Phone: (406) 245-1640
Fax: (406) 245-1709
Email: Send Message
Store Hours:
Mon - Fri: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gifts for Mom and Mother Nature!Make Mom's heart sing with unique gifts for home, garden, and body that both Mom and Mother Nature will love. Shop our selections of WBU hummingbird feeders, decorative feeders, finch feeders. Refresh the birds with a choice from our variety of birdbaths. Listen to the gentle music of made-in-the-USA windchimes or find a special accent for Mom's garden.
Many thanks to our partner in this promotion:
*Offer valid 5/12/2012-5/13/2012, while supplies last. Valid on in-store purchases only at Wild Birds Unlimited Billings.
As you read this, millions of birds are on the most hazardous journey of their lives as they migrate north to nest.
Long migrations are deadly for birds. It is estimated that about half of all migrating birds do not survive the annual round trip.
The hazards they face include bad weather, predators, exhaustion over water, collisions with towers and buildings, and starvation due to the lack of suitable stopover habitat along the way.
So why take the chance? Why would a bird that has all the necessities of life in the tropics subject itself to all of the dangers of flying north in the first place?
It all has to do with giving their nestlings the best odds for starting their lives.
It’s worth the journey to the northern hemisphere as it has much more land mass than the wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere. Millions of birds have more space in which to spread out and establish larger nesting territories that offer less competition for food and a better chance of avoiding detection by predators.
In addition, as the birds migrate north, the hours of sunlight per day grow longer. This advantage allows birds to make many more feeding trips to their young every day. The young grow faster, leave the nest earlier, thus shortening the dangerous nesting period.
So for mother birds, this dangerous migration has evolved into a risk worth repeating for the good of their young and their species as a whole.
Visit us soon. We have all of the expert advice and quality products that will give the nesting moms in your yard a helping hand that will make the risks of migration even more worthwhile.
We'd like all our loyal customers to know that there is renovation work going on at Rimrock Mini-Mall for the next couple of months. We are open during our regular hours and, as always, will be happy to serve you.Kathy and John, store owners, with Roger, Leslie, Courtney, Richard, Sandy, Marilynn, and Studley
