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 August 6-7, 2024 | Rosemont, Illinois

Keys to Successful Birding: Fall & Winter

Date: Wednesday, August 9

Time | Location: 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | Room: 203-B


How do you attract birds, bees and butterflies to your store AND the consumers who love and want to attract them during the fall and winter? Join Bird Man Mel as he presents Bird Seed 101, what is junk seed, and what seed is best for birds and consumer value. He'll provide tips on selling plants that provide winter food for birds, what feeders, and where to place them, for specific birds, and which are the best water, shelter, and other winter needs, and the sales opportunities available. And finally, he'll give you merchandising and marketing tips for winter and fall wild bird and backyard nature products.