Backyard Birds Links

BACKYARD NATURALIST (Albany Times Union)

New England cottontails, Eastern cottontails and snowshoe hares are mammals of the order Lagomorpha that play an important role in the ecosystem of our region. As key food sources for birds of prey, weasels, foxes, coyotes, cats, snakes and humans, their prolific breeding enhances this species' chances of survival.Cottontails rest and nest in shallow depressions in the ground amongst brambles ...

California brown pelicans found frail and far from home (Los Angeles Times)

The coastal birds have been seen on highways, runways and in backyards, and they share symptoms of disorientation, fatigue and bruising. The phenomenon is stumping experts. Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are landing on highways and airport runways and in farm fields, ...

Residents seek OK to keep backyard chickens (The Journal Times)

CALEDONIA — Chickens have a place in the backyard as well as the barnyard, promoters of a proposal to allow hen raising in the village say.

Birds of a feather (The Daily Item)

It was only a handful of bird enthusiasts who met at the Montour Preserve on December 14 for the 109th Christmas Bird Count(CBC), but the numbers didn’t deter the eager group to setting out to observe as many birds as they could from dawn to dusk.

Befriend the feathered (Rapid City Journal)

The return of real winter weather to western South Dakota means a harsher existence for the area’s wildlife. Birds, in particular, are experiencing the effects of the cold.