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Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization

10,000 Birds

Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. I stitched away as I watched the Red-bellied Woodpecker scatter the smaller Chipping Sparrows and Carolina Chickadees as it glided down for a few seed morsels. The feeder dangles from a clothesline between two pine trees, beckoning a range of bird varieties.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted. to a high of 11%. I have provided plenty of facts.

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