According to a report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, more people feed birds than hunt or fish combined. In fact, 60 million people in the United States alone feed wild birds. The type of feed offered and the location of feeders will determine the species of birds that come to your back yard.
Great video showing a blue jay and a chipmunk selecting peanuts:
"It’s hard to say exactly what’s going on here since we don’t really know what goes on inside a bird’s brain, but it is likely that this jay’s behavior has something to do with food storage. Jays and other corvids cache (store) food for later consumption. It looks like this jay might be trying to find the best peanut for its cache."
Observation of morning activities at the elevated bird feeder in our back yard. Visitors include adolescent starling and bluejays, grackles and dove.
A bird of this appearance is so rare we probably won’t see one again, but, anyway, what would you call this bird, which, in appearance, seems to be half B.C.’s provincial bird and half blue jay?
Here is the latest Finch forecast for this winter.
Team eBird is pleased to once again host Ron Pittaway's Winter Finch Forecast. While the focus of this piece is on Ontario, we believe it has interest to a wider audience. From Ron: This winter's theme is that some finch species will irrupt into southern Canada and the northern United States, while other species will remain in the north.
