Your Ultimate Backyard Nature Store ®
Welcome to Wild Bird Center, Los Gatos, CA. We are the nature lover's general store, specializing in everything to do with bird feeding and bird watching. We offer a complete line of products to help you enjoy wild birds and foster a healthy backyard habitat. Our birdseed and exclusive seed blends are field-tested and proven to attract a variety of birds. We offer an extensive selection of feeders, birdbaths, nest boxes, and other bird feeding products second to none. Our broad selection of binoculars can help you spot songbirds on the bird feeder, or hawks migrating overhead. Also included in our offerings are hardware for hanging your new feeders; nature themed clothing and jewelry; books and field guides to help you identify the birds that come to your new feeders; kids stuff and many great gift items.
We are located in the King's Court Center at the corner of Los Gatos Blvd and Blossom Hill Road, in Los Gatos.
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm, Sunday 12 noon to 5pm
Hello, my name is Freddy Howell. My husband, John, and I own the Wild Bird Center in Los Gatos, California. We opened the store in October 1995 and have celebrated 13 wonderful years in Los Gatos.
John and I met thirty some odd years ago while working together at Stevens Fashion Fabrics. Since that time, we have always shared a common goal to one day have the opportunity to work together in our own retail store. As a child, my parents introduced me to birding and John learned to enjoy birding through our marriage. So a bird feeding emporium sounded like a great way to make our dream come true. The Wild Bird Center franchise provided the business model that allowed us to combine our love of nature and birds with our desire to give back to the community as well as earn a living. My parent's legacy allowed us the where-with-all and inspiration to make it happen.
Over the last 13 years, we are proud to say that we have indeed given back to the community. Through affordable school programs, free outreach presentations on our neighborhood birds to local non-profits, in-store classes for children and adults and through our Saturday bird walks and field trips, we have provided many wonderful hours of education and memorable experiences. Yet, we have received back much more than we have given. We have gained a family. Many of our first customers still shop with us, many have become friends and several have become valued employees.
Our mission is to create magic and adventure through the love and experience of nature. In order to bring this mission to reality, we strive not just to be the best "general store for nature lovers" but also to be "not just a store but a community resource". We support and work closely with many partners in the environmental arena (See our Partners and Links button).