Foresters For The Birds Program Protects Bird Habitats

Bird Feeder

"The veery singing and flitting through the understory of Vermont’s forests may have caught Nancy Patch’s ear or eye in the past, but these days when she sees the bird she thinks about how the surrounding habitat is meeting its needs. Patch, a forester with the Vermont Forests, Parks & Recreation Department, credits a novel program called Foresters for the Birds with changing her perspective. The three-year-old effort combines Audubon Vermont’s bird expertise and land managers’ know-how to conserve forests that are important to avian species."

Managing Forests for the Birds

Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas

Your Bird Feeder

"Birds can tell us a lot about the environment in which we live.  Because they are sensitive to environmental stressors and occupy virtually all terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats, knowing where birds are and what habitats they use can help us assess ecosystem health.  The Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas is a five-year project to determine the distribution and abundance of all bird species breeding in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.  Since 2006, over 1,000 volunteers have spent 45,000 hours combing the Maritimes in search of breeding birds, and now it is time to put that data to use!"

Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas

Should You Put Fresh Fruit At Your Bird Feeder?

Bird Feeder

Something has always puzzled me in my years working in the bird feeding industry: why don’t we offer more fresh fruit to birds in our yards?

Fruit For Birds