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Memorable Spring Visitors
Posted by Deanna Mayhew, Jul 01, 2020.
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Fresh out of the Nest
Posted by Deanna Mayhew, Jul 01, 2020.
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Juvenile Northern Goshawk
Posted by Courtney Pethers, Nov 03, 2019.
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Red Bllied woodpecker
Posted by Lynne Thomas, Dec 11, 2018.
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Mallard in Door County, Wisconsin.
Posted by Nicole Opiela, Sep 12, 2018.
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Eastern Towee
Posted by Tom Sparlin, Jun 24, 2018.
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Shopping For Real Estate
Posted by Regeeter Collins, May 24, 2018.
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Titmouse
Posted by Sharon Stangle, Apr 18, 2018.
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Male Downy Woodpecker
Posted by Bret Goddard, Nov 28, 2016.
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Coopers Hawk
Posted by Bret Goddard, Nov 28, 2016.
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Junco
Posted by Linda Petersen, Nov 18, 2016.
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Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Posted by Linda Petersen, Nov 18, 2016.
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Great Crested Cormorant
Posted by Laurel Butkins, Sep 23, 2016.
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Griffon Vulture
Posted by Laurel Butkins, Sep 23, 2016.
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Tree Swallow
Posted by Tena Southern, May 19, 2016.
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Scrub Jay
Posted by Ethan Winning, May 08, 2016.
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Great Horned Owl
Posted by Ethan Winning, May 08, 2016.
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Black Phoebe
Posted by Ethan Winning, May 08, 2016.
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California Quail aka Valley Quail
Posted by Ethan Winning, May 08, 2016.
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European Starling
Posted by Judy Tailby, Mar 27, 2016.
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Website Features
Dear Birdsquatch:
I love woodpeckers and have managed to attract five woodpecker species to my backyard here in Kentucky. At my feeders they eat peanuts and suet and sunflower hearts. I know their natural food preferences are wood-boring insects, which they dig after with their chisellike bills. My question is this: How do they keep from knocking themselves out when they pound on a tree trunk repeatedly? Do they get concussions? Headaches?
—SIMONE, MUDLICK, KENTUCKY
Dear Birdsquatch:
My girlfriend lives in a apartment complex next to a river where there are lots of ducks. The management of the complex left the following note on the exit doors of the complex:
"ANGRY BIRDS!! The angry birds are back!! Please be careful!! These birds are protected, so we cannot injure them. They like to come at your head."
Is this an Alfred Hitchcock movie come to life? What kind of birds are these and why would they attack?
—Nervous Boyfriend (Dennis B.) Waukesha, Wisconsin
Semi-retired 35 years later, I decided to relive the good times past by placing a new squirrel box in our mulberry tree.
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Ask Birdsquatch: How Do Birds Sleep? added on Feb 24, 2021
Listen for Early Birds added on Feb 17, 2021
On Thistle and Goldfinches in Winter added on Jan 27, 2021
Memorable Spring Visitors added in the gallery by Deanna Mayhew on Jul 1, 2020
Fresh out of the Nest added in the gallery by Deanna Mayhew on Jul 1, 2020
Robin Feast added in the gallery by Tylor Birmingham on May 26, 2020
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