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Budget bird feeding

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The economy has slowed down; gas and grocery prices are up. We’re all looking for ways to save a buck. Here’s how back-yard bird watchers can attract birds without breaking the bank.
Budget bird feeding

Hirundo rustica

guardian.co.uk - UK
Traditionally a symbol that spring has arrived, swallows migrate to the UK in March, returning to southern Africa in October. Numbers depend on weather conditions during migration, but they are found all over the UK.

Swallow

Mercury Rising–Up the Food Web

Scientific American - USA
You’ve probably heard about mercury contamination in fish. But a new study says the toxin has climbed out of the water.
Mercury Rising–Up the Food Web

Bluebirds, loons are welcomed back

Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
The April migration has been proceeding at a leisurely pace like the warming trend. The newly arrived birds include bluebirds along the Armstrong, Bowesville, High Road area, accompanied by the tree swallows.
Bluebirds, loons are welcomed back

Feathered friends shun garden visits

Basingstoke Gazette - Basingstoke,England,UK
BIRDS appear to have had the winter blues and avoided Basingstoke’s gardens, a survey has revealed.
Feathered friends shun garden visits

Bring on the birds

Nova News Now - New Minas,Nova Scotia,Canada
One of the many benefits derived from adding native plants to your property is the sound of music… birdsong that is.
Bring on the birds

Eagle at Norfolk Botanical Garden lays an egg

The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
They can’t see it, but biologists at the Norfolk Botanical Garden have confirmed the garden’s eagle couple have a new egg.
Eagle at Norfolk Botanical Garden lays an egg

Bird decline shocks experts

Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Birds that eat flying insects are in a shocking and mysterious decline, says the co-editor of the new Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ontario.
“It is an alarm bell,” Gregor Beck, a wildlife biologist and the book’s co-editor, said this week.
Bird decline shocks experts

Call on gardeners to tread carefully

Salisbury Journal - Salisbury,England,UK
BIRD charity, the RSPB is urging gardeners to use hedge trimmers and shears with caution as garden birds may be nesting early due to the warm sunshine experienced during the past month.
Call on gardeners to tread carefully