LOOK OUT: WILDLIFE HIBERNATING IN YOUR BACKYARD!
There should be a sign: Animals are sleeping here! Not only bears hibernate in the winter. A wide variety of animals have adopted this mechanism to save themselves from perishing in the cold.
HOW DO NON-MIGRATION BIRDS STAY WARM IN WINTER?
It’s always incredible to see birds sensing the season changes. With inner mechanisms and systems like alarm clocks, the birds intuitively know: it’s time to fly south. The way they sense the shif...
IT’S HOLIDAY SEASON - AND THE BIRDS WANT IN TOO!
Ahhh, it’s that time of year where the streets are lit up for the holidays! But there are a few extra guests that want in on this super extravaganza: your local birds! As temperatures fall, there ...
There’s a nasty rumor going around that bird-feeders can spread diseases and therefore are best avoided all together. Well, it can be partly true, at least the disease part. But we need to shed lig...
GUESS THESE BIRD-FEEDING FACTS: TRUTH OR MYTH?
Bird feeding can be done year-round, all over the world. So naturally, many myths have grown up around it, some of which are bad for our feathered friends’ feeding habits and can even harm them. ...
Living in the big city where there are more sky-scrapers than tall trees, one would think that birds would be few and far between. But at the end of the day, birds will go wherever food is offered...