BWD Magazine – Page 67

Territory and Mate Selection

Top ten spring behaviors to expect in your backyard 1) Why does a male bother to defend a territory in […]

How do you separate the myth from the reality? It’s not always easy! What sociologists call urban myths, persistent stories

1. What spring bird persistently sings, day and night? A: Your bird is most likely to be a northern mockingbird.

The Hummingbird Society – The Hummingbird Society is a nonprofit charitable organization that strives to teach about hummingbirds and works

Each spring when I pull my hummingbird feeders out of storage in anticipation of the hummingbirds’ return, the red parts

Continental East Imagine you could plant a garden so lush, green, and full of blooming things that angels would come

Conventional wisdom said to offer multiple hummingbird feeders out-of-sight from each other—perhaps a feeder in the front and the back

The Avian Nectar Feeders When the words “nectar feeder” come to mind, most people envision hummingbirds gracefully flitting around flowers

General Info The hummingbird family, Trochilidae, occurs only in the Western Hemisphere, where it is second only to the tyrant

Imagine giving up your job, your benefits (including funds for your children’s college education), and mortgaging everything you own to

Spring is the start of the breeding season for most of our North American birds. They pair up with mates,

I first became aware of the powers of peanut butter suet dough when Carrie Griffis of Port Orchard, Washington, sent