Articles for Native Birds

Should you feed garden birds?
2 years, 3 months ago

Should you feed garden birds?

BBC  

Should you feed garden birds? Getty Images Putting out food for birds can provide an unfair advantage for invasive, non-native species Lees says his current hypothesis rests partly on the fact that willow tits tend to nest and feed in the same area, meaning they may be more "resource-limited" than the dominant blue and great tits, which will happily fly …

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What’s a garden without birds? Create habitat so they thrive
2 years, 4 months ago

What’s a garden without birds? Create habitat so they thrive

Associated Press  

As I write this, I can hear a cardinal trilling in the backyard. According to Doug Tallamy, a University of Delaware professor of entomology and author of “Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants”, one clutch of chickadees, for instance, requires 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars, delivered by their parents, to sustain them from birth through first …

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Native birds lose habitats, caged in zoo for display
2 years, 11 months ago

Native birds lose habitats, caged in zoo for display

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Highlighting the adverse environmental impact of urbanisation, the Nehru Zoological Park has included indigenous birds like house sparrows and mynahs in its enclosures. "With native trees vanishing from the city, the greenery we have in the 'newly developed' areas like Gachibowli is not helping the cause as most of the trees are of non-native species like conocarpus, which have …

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Your bird feeder is canceled. Attract birds with these 13 native plants instead
3 years, 8 months ago

Your bird feeder is canceled. Attract birds with these 13 native plants instead

LA Times  

Attention wildlife fans: Bird feeders are killing songbirds, due to a vicious salmonellosis outbreak this winter. So it’s time for a new strategy to attract and support our feathered friends: creating habitat in our garden space — whether it’s a balcony or backyard — by growing native plants and cultivating the food, nesting materials and shelter wild birds need to …

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