How do our feathered friends survive winter? They have two options: migrate south to warmer temperatures or adapt to the winter weather.
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Use - and Lose - Nandina
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Grow a Winter Bird Feeder
Now is the time to clean and fill the feeders to help birds make a living when other food sources are scarce. It’s also time to think about providing next year’s winter bird food by planting more native plants, including native grasses, wildflowers, and woody plants, such as shrubs, vines and trees, that provide sustenance all winter long.
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Winter Bird Feeders and Bird Baths
A Bird’s Holiday Gift Guide
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Grow your own bird feeder for migrating birds
Fall-fruiting native shrubs and trees not only provide nutritious, fatty berries for birds, but also display beautiful fall color. That’s not for our benefit: what’s called foliar fruit flagging is the way the plants signal to birds that fruits are ripe and ready for plucking—just in time for migration.
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
The July 2023 Statement from the international Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds includes some alarming information about the effect of the current avian influenza or “bird flu,” H5N1, but it also includes some helpful recommendations on steps we can take to keep from exacerbating the spread of this deadly disease.
