How Watching Birds Can Improve Your Mental Health In Times Like These
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Winter Bird Feeding By: Dave Titterington The Wild Bird Habitat Store October! A time of change. Winter will soon be settling in across the Central Great Plains and the signs are everywhere. Shorter daylight hours are changing the leaves from summer greens to autumn’s gold, red, and orange. The sweet aroma of a wood fire…
The landscaping of ones yard has taken on a new name called “birdscaping”. Providing natural foods that ripen at various times of the year is a benefit for resident and migratory birds. And creating shelter provides nest sites, cover from winter storms, and a place to escape predators. Fall is an excellent time for planting…
Rachel Martin, a volunteer for an after school education program with a special group of kids, have been discussing different types of birds and the hobby of bird watching. In their research on the topic they located an article that I want to pass along to others at the request of these students. Bird watching…
Backyard bird feeding is the second most popular outdoor family activity in America, second only to gardening. And the activity of feeding birds continues to grow. So why do we feed birds? There are many reasons, but experts at the Cornell Bird Lab offer some insights into this topic. Read the entire article at Feeding Birds
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It seems as if we were just celebrating the arrival of our summer Neo-Tropical migratory birds, and already we’re telling them good-bye till next spring. The avian calendar is swift. We began receiving reports of hummingbirds at feeders in late July. The number of reports of folks having hummingbirds should increase through most all of…
The Western Kingbird is a conspicuous and aggressive bird of the open country. It is common throughout the western United States and southern Canada. However the breeding range of this kingbird has expanded over the past century expanding into the Central Great Plains States, possibly due to the encroachment of trees into this vast prairie…
A favorite summer Neo-tropical bird which nests across much of North America and winters primarily in the tropical forests of Ecuador and Columbia in South America is the Eastern Kingbird. Along with its counterpart, the Western Kingbird, they are the largest of the tyrannus fly-catchers. They are a joy to watch launching off a perch…