Outdoor activities offer fun, exercise and a chance to enjoy nature
Outdoor activities offer fun, exercise and a chance to enjoy nature
You're less likely to find the homes of bluebirds, chickadees, woodpeckers and nuthatches since they're cavity nesters, but they're probably nearby. … The rest of the year, birds settle down to sleep or “roost” in safe, warm places with dense brush …
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The blue jay is a colorful feeder visitor
Herbert K. Job, an early bird photographer and writer wrote that the blue jay “has all the mischievous, destructive, thieving traits of the crow, and with a lot of audacity or 'cheek' thrown in.” The reason for this condemnation is that blue jays rob …
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Pierre's Christmas Bird Count logs 39450 birds of 79 species
19 count found there were 164 American coots; 2 American crows; 101 American goldfinches; 3 American kestrels; 176 American robins; 194 American tree sparrows; 3 American wigeon; 57 bald eagles; 55 black-capped chickadees; 35 blue jays; … 13 greater …
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No Denying It, Climate Change Is Happening Now
A rhododendron bush beside the house has huge blooms ready to burst open, the white petal tips pushing out of their scaly looking egg-sized buds. … Birds, too, are vanishing from the arboreal forests up north. … Where 18 years ago, our wooded 2 …
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