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Day Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains
PrintFall is one of my favorite times of year to head into the wilderness. The earthy smells, the crisp air, the crunch of leaves, squirrels squeakily chewing on tree nuts and cones, birds flitting...
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Rare Dinner Guest
Print The days are getting shorter. With just over 10 hours of sunlight, and being at the office for most of it, I don’t get to watch a lot of bird feeding activity at home. So, I set up a Wingscapes...
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Nature Break
PrintSpring-time calls to me like a siren’s song. Enticing all my senses, it compels me to stop and experience what is going on around me. Each morning I arrive at work, get out of my truck and take...
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Celebrating Bird Dads
Print Dads provide for us, care for us, teach us and guide us. In honor of Father’s Day and dads everywhere, including the bird world, I thought I would present some fun bird-dad information. Dad’s...
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Cashing in on Caching
Print If your feeders are anything like mine right now, there are extended quiet times. It’s like the birds are waiting for someone to turn on the neon “Open” sign so they can visit with a frenzied...
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Foraging Guild Unite
Print Ever wonder why, starting in the fall, it seems there is a group of different bird species that show up together at feeders and then leave together on a regular basis? Well, it’s that time of...
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Happy “Bird Dad” Day!
PrintDowny Woodpeckers Dads take on all sorts of roles in the bird world. Proud Provider Some birds grab “take out” meals. Chickadee and nuthatch dads feed Mom while she broods the eggs. Dad also...
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Providing Food Now Will Help Later
PrintWild Birds Unlimited Cylinder Cafe Feeder APS Cafe Feeder Right now chickadees, nuthatches and titmice are hiding food to retrieve and eat at a later time. This behavior is called “caching.”...
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Missing Feathers
PrintMolting White-breasted Nuthatch Have you seen any feathers on the ground lately? Its molting season for many of the birds that visit our yards. Molting is the process of losing old feathers and...
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