10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2011

The use of digital devices to attract birds is getting more and more attention. It’s been brewing on birding listservs for years. The bottom line is that we do not have enough information or research to give a definitive answer as to whether to not it’s harmful to birds. But sometimes, using calls can help birds.

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Birds Tenant Seattle Sparrows 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2015

From the 1913 USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard: “The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. For rent the bird pays amply by destroying insects, and takes no toll from the farms crop. ” Nest Boxes (Bird Houses) from 1912.

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Tenant Farming Illinois North America 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

There are few birds in the sprawl of suburbia or the sylvan ideal of semi-rural existence as appreciated as wrens. The name wren first entered language to refer to that bouncy bird we now call the Eurasian Wren in the 8th Century as the Old English wraenna. like a snake through grass. Carolina Wren, photo by Nate Swick.

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Jordan Birds North America Tenant 196