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Feathered friends: Wild bird real estate

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1245 Views Animals, featherfriends, songbirds, wild bird

Feather Friends with Sherrie Versluis Summer is the season of reproduction for wildlife, and wild birds are the most dramatic

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Feathered Friends: Bird myths to be aware of

February 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1377 Views Animals, birdbath, featherfriends, feeding birds, songbirds

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis There are always many bird myths and questions about wild birds during the summer season.

Animals Seeds Wild Critters

Feathered Friends: Is your bird seed mix poisoning your birds?

February 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2033 Views Aflatoxin, Animals, Aspergillus flavis, bird seed, birdfeeder, featherfriends, hopper feeder, Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, potent carcinogen, seed, tube feeders

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis Wild bird products are found almost anywhere these days at hardware stores, gardening centres, and

Feathered Friends: The incredible bald eagle, a force of nature

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1271 Views Animals, bald eagle, featherfriends, largest nests of bird, sherrie versluis

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis There is not a more revered bird of prey than the bald eagle. This is

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Feathered Friends: The beautiful haunting call of the Common Loon

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1100 Views acid rain, Animals, Bird Studies Canada, birder, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey, Canadian one dollar coin, feathered friends, hunting loons, incubation, lake birds, loon, Loonie, Sherries Versluis, tremelo-call, wail-call, yodel

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis Living in Canada is a great thing for nature lovers. We are so fortunate to

Animals Gardening for Beginners Gardening with Kids Insects

What Insects are in Your Backyard?

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1423 Views Animals, backyard, insect, lady beetle, ladybug, red lily beetle, robert wrigley, soldier beetle

By Robert Wrigley It was a late afternoon when I decided to relax by reading a book in my backyard

Animals Garden Helpers Local Gardener

An Attempt to Appreciate Slugs

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1602 Views Animals, gardening helper, slugs

Nobody likes slugs. Well, nobody except, maybe, five-year-old boys. For gardeners, they chew holes in foliage and leave a very

Animals Garden Pests Insects

Inebriated Animals and Insects

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1180 Views Animals, Birds, insects

Do the birds and the bees get a little drunk sometimes? They certainly seem to, at least some of them.

finches at feeders

Finches at the Feeders

August 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2789 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

Animals Birds Manitoba Gardener

The Acrobatic Nuthatches

November 22, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 3811 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

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