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10 neat things about owls

10 Neat Things Animals Birds

About Owls

November 26, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4150 Views Canadian wildlife, great grey owl, northern pygmy owl, owl diet, owl eyesight, owl hearing, owl nesting, Owls, silent flight, snowy owl

1. Silent flyers. Owls fly silently owing to the structure of their wings. Serrated edges along the feathers and a

10 Neat Things about Chicken eggs

10 Neat Things Animals Birds

About Chicken Eggs

April 30, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5970 Views chickens, eggs

1. No roosters needed. Most birds don’t lay unfertilized eggs, but chickens do. A hen need never meet a rooster

10 neat things about nests

10 Neat Things Animals Birds

About Nests

March 12, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5230 Views hummingbirds, spiders

1. What are they? Nests are structures built to hold eggs, offspring and, sometimes, adults. They’re often built owing to

hummingbirds

Attracting Hummingbirds

March 5, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3892 Views bird feeders, Birdwatching, garden birds, hummingbirds, pollinators, spring birds

Bits of light flash off a tiny breast sending out rays of brilliant red and green. A hummingbird has

10 Neat Things about turkeys

10 Neat Things Birds

About Turkeys

October 10, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3800 Views Benjamin Franklin, Lake Tuz., turkeys

1. Which came first? Was the bird named after the country or the country after the bird? The answer is

10 Neat things about blue jays

10 Neat Things Animals Birds

About Blue Jays

October 7, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4915 Views acorns, Bird behavior, Bird feeding, bird migration, blue jays, Prince Edward Island

1. They’re not really blue, you know. Blue jays look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and

finches at feeders

Finches at the Feeders

August 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3963 Views Animals, bird feeders, Birds, finches, garden birds

There is no question that finches are among the most popular birds seen at feeders in summer. Finches don’t just

My Li’l Chickadee

May 3, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 3354 Views chickadee, garden birds

By Sherrie Versluis For those who participate in feeding wild birds, there is no bird more adored than the black-capped

Animals Birds Manitoba Gardener

The Acrobatic Nuthatches

November 22, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 5059 Views Animals, Birds, chickadee, garden bird feeders, Manitoba Gardener, nuthatch, red breasted

By Ken De SmetPhoto by Jim Reimer Along with black-capped chickadees and the common woodpeckers (downy and hairy), white-breasted and

Mystical migrations

October 2, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 3380 Views Canada geese, flying south for winter, migrant birds

by Sherrie Versluis We’ve said goodbye for this year to most of the bird families that visit our feeders and