Sharp-Shinned Hawk Meets An Untimely Death

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It was winter when the sharp-shinned hawk first showed up near the bird feeder.

Hawk's death shows it's not easy being a predator

Results Of The 2011 Great Backyard Bird Count

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Participants submitted more than 92,000 checklists to the GBBC this year--the third year in a row that checklists topped 90,000. New checklist records were set in 11 states and in 7 out of 13 Canadian provinces and territories, resulting in a new overall checklist record for Canada. Altogether, participants identified 596 species and 11.4 million bird observations.

Great Backyard Bird Count Highlights

Nest Boxes Are Great Additions For Your Bird Feeder Habitat

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More and more people are putting up bird nesting boxes and bird feeders around their own places and also in wild places. Some bluebird nest box routes have boxes numbering in the hundreds. Many more people are giving attention to building boxes to suit the needs of particular bird species and placing them in the corresponding habitat. Seventy species of birds are known to nest in or on manmade nest structures.

Out There: 'Bringing' wildlife home

Enjoy Winter's Gifts At The Bird Feeder

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"The ground under the feeder was covered with black oiled sunflower seeds and at least 50 pine siskins, shoulder to shoulder, were pecking away at the seeds. The finches pushed each other off the feeder and the juncos stayed to the outer perimeter."

Master Gardener: Winter's gifts

Ground Bird Feeder Tips

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This article examines the benefits of a ground bird feeder, the types of birds it will attract and the best food to place on the feeder.

Although you can toss seed directly onto the ground, it's easier for you to see the birds and easier for them to see the seed from a ground feeder.

For the birds: Ground feeders good for birds, birdwatchers alike

Winter Bird Feeder Set-Up

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Excellent article with tips for setting up your bird feeder, the types of foods to feed the birds and the birds that are attracted to it.

I know winter is still a ways off, but the birds in my yard tell me that it is getting closer. The first junco of the fall has already arrived along with migrating white crowned sparrows.

Master Gardener: Providing a winter banquet for the birds

Migration Of The Songbirds

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Excellent article about the migration of many songbirds.

Several times in the past month, I have stood in one place and counted black-capped chickadees passing. This morning (Oct. 26), in about an hour, my husband and I counted 285. All of these birds were moving from west to east along the Lake Ontario shore cliff west of Port Hope.

We're experiencing an irruption