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Wild bird real estate

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 916 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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Bird Myths to be aware of …

February 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1026 Views Animals, birdbath, featherfriends, feeding birds, songbirds

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis There are always many questions about wild birds during the summer season. Some of them

Animals Seeds Wild Critters

A Seedy Mess: Is your bird seed mix poisoning your birds?

February 25, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1323 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

Animals Flora & Fauna Local Gardener

The incredible bald eagle is a force of nature

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 885 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

Animals Birds Flora & Fauna Local Gardener

A beautiful haunting

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 754 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 Ontario

What insects are in your backyard?

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 983 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

Slugs

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1218 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 849 Views Animals, Birds, insects

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

Animals Birds

Finches at the Feeders

August 13, 2019 Caroline Fu 2435 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 Caroline Fu 3455 Views Animals, Birds, chickadee, garden bird feeders, Manitoba Gardener, nuthatch, red breasted

Along with black-capped chickadees and the common woodpeckers (downy and hairy), white-breasted and red-breasted nuthatches are probably among the most

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