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10,000 Birds

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. So, should we tell people not to plant anything like snowy mountain ash that the above White-throated Sparrow is eating on its migration south? I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. Never put up a bird house?

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Week 31: Visits to Hart Mountain, Malheur and the surrounding areas.

10,000 Birds

Two full days at Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuge, three days at Dog Lake, and a short visit to Upper Cottonwood Lake brought back many great memories, in addition to a nice list of birds. Then, to finish the week, we visited the famous, and not necessarily for all the right reasons, Malhuer Wildlife Refuge. The bunny got away.

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The Perils of Feeders

10,000 Birds

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. So, should we tell people not to plant anything like snowy mountain ash that the above White-throated Sparrow is eating on its migration south? I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. Never put up a bird house?

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The One and Only Outer Banks Big Day

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Targets acquired, we piled into cars and headed south to Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges, the jewel of the Outer Banks, where we were likely to cross paths with the vast majority of our species for the day. In these marshes lie sparrows of a sort that have never been reliable on the islands. Photo by Nate Swick.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. Ocassional robins, sparrows, crows. the last part is raptor behavior but I can't imagine what kind of bird would be small enough to choose this space when there's 300 yds of chain link fence right there, and I've yet to see a dead squirrel, rabbit or chipmunk.

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

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Safflower is not the favorite food of house sparrows, red-winged blackbirds and squirrels. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. I’m just beginning to use a feeder and am surprised by how quickly the House Sparrows seem to decimate it. I’ll try these techniques out!

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