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Winter Spotlight – The White-Winged Crossbill

As winter descends deeper and deeper upon us, we shift our focus into the birds we are most likely to catch a glimpse of at our backyard feeders. Finches are no exception to this rule, moving sometimes large distances following the cone crop from location to location. Where to Find the White-winged Crossbill The year […]  

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Louise Beckinsale
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Recycle Your Christmas Tree and Help the Environment and the Birds!

As quick as a blink of an eye, the Christmas season has passed us by and we truly hope you all had a very wonderful and merry Christmas. The upcoming week is usually filled with activities like removing decorations from Christmas and preparing for the New Year. As you drive around, you will inevitably notice […]  

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Louise Beckinsale
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Make Your Own Suet This Holiday Season

The holiday season can sometimes be a busy and hectic time of year for some of us, but we all seem to find a little downtime around the Christmas break. It is a time of year when many of us are spending time with those we love most and taking part in many seasonal activities. […]  

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Louise Beckinsale
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A Few Things You Can Do To Prevent Window Strikes by Birds

  Many of us at one point or another have likely heard the unwanted sound of one of our backyard birds hitting one of our windows on our home. While these collisions are not always fatal, many are and the others typically will endure pretty traumatic injuries after an unintended crash. There are three main […]  

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