Mama, I’d Like to Learn About Birds

Chickadee by auburnxc

I have a special guest for you today, a guest who is keen to learn about birds. Enjoy!

Dear Mama,

I really want to spend some time with you this weekend learning about birds! I heard about the Great Backyard Bird Count and I am really excited to identify new birds. We only have [...]

February 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Wild Birds | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Voles Like to Play Outdoors

Who made this track?

Many small animals hibernate for the winter. Chipmunks gather lots of food, then hibernate, or stay indoors. Mice try to move inside. Voles like to play outdoors in winter.

Whom do you think made the track, or runway, you see here? Was it a vole?

Winter Gardens Full of Life

I discovered this little [...]

January 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Native Animals | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

How to Make a Winter Bird List

Cedar Waxwing 1 by Bob MacInnes

Here I’m going to tell you how to make a winter bird list for your area. I made a winter bird list for Kansas, you can make one for wherever you live using the same steps. It can be a list for your nature garden, or it can go [...]

January 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Wild Birds | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Foiling Squirrels At Your Feeders

Caught Red-Handed! (Red-Pawed?) by Di_the_huntress

Raise your hand if a squirrel has ever raided your birdfeeder. What, you too? Seems when winter comes and squirrels are hungry those cheeky rascals will go to great lengths to plunder birdseed from feeders. Debi Huang, author at Go Explore Nature is having this challenge and she asked for [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Category: Native Animals | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

How Long Does It Take Birds to Find a Feeder?

bird feeder by stevendepolo

Thinking of adding some birdfeeders to your nature garden. You might be asking the question, “How long does it take birds to find a feeder?” The answer seems to be a great big “it depends”.

For my feeders it took about 8 days – long enough that I lost track. For the [...]

December 2nd, 2009 | Category: Wild Birds | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
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