Wendell's Window

Backyard bird feeding and bird behavior from forty years at one window

Backyard bird feeders and beginner birders in the US, including older viewers (the handbook is advertised in large type); the about text asks viewers for their state (inferred from the about text, titles and product page; no audience statistics).

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic older man with thick white hair, an olive quilted vest over a plaid flannel shirt (a tan work coat in snow), shown at a window, a wooden fence or a snowy yard, usually pointing or looking surprised beside a large bird.

About 12 min on one bird or feeder problem: a scene or story opening, a promise of 6–14 numbered points with a personal story saved for the last one, a recap, and a request to comment with a state.

• Hummingbird behavior, feeders and migration (13 of 30 titles)
• What a bird's behavior means: crows, jays, doves, birds that stare
• '[N] things you didn't know' profiles: cardinals, robins, goldfinches
• Feeder, seed and yard mistakes, including unwanted birds
• Winter and seasonal feeding: finch forecast, drinking water

• If a [Bird] [Does X], This Is What He's [Checking/Telling You/After]!
• [N] Things You Didn't Know About [Bird]!
• The Real Reason Why [Bird Behavior]
• [N] [Hummingbird Feeder] Mistakes (I Made Number [N] for Years)
• [N] Birds You DON'T Want at Your Feeder (And How to Prevent it)

The same white-haired man in an olive vest and plaid shirt fills one side (shock, pointing, raised finger) beside a large glossy bird close-up; 3–7 bold capital words with one phrase in yellow (10 of 10), sometimes a red arrow at the bird (4 of 10).

• One breakout: the hummingbird-hover video has 327,994 views, 90% of the channel's 363,014; the other 29 dated videos have a median of 487 views
• Curiosity-gap titles: 9 of 30 start with 'If…' and promise what a bird's behavior or arrival means; both openings tease a payoff saved for the last point
• Persona and product share one hook: 'forty years' at one window appears in the about text, the handbook title ($15.99) and 30 of 30 descriptions
• Fixed thumbnail template: the same man beside a bird close-up in 10 of 10, with a yellow keyword in the capital-letter caption in 10 of 10
• Near-daily output: 30 dated uploads in 31 days (Sep 7 – Oct 7), about 7 a week, mostly 10–16 min; the hit came on day 16