SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...
On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes. At the first bluebird nest box, a ...
A bird in the box is worth two in the bush, Bronx high school students learned this spring. Teenagers from Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy in Longwood worked with Rocking the Boat, a local ...
Caution is always the better part of valor when it comes to approaching a tree swallow nest box. If you don’t pay attention, you run the risk of being dive-bombed and potentially plunked on the head ...
A Lynn Township, Lehigh County woman writes: “Every spring when I clean out the bluebird boxes something other than bluebirds move in. I’ve had to chase off house sparrows but tree sparrows (I believe ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A minute’s walk up the East Gallatin Recreation Area Trail from Glen Lake Rotary Park, tree ...
Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...
What functions do mix of feathers have in a tree swallow bird nest? Pa. researchers look for answers
Tree swallow nests across Pennsylvania are being collected for an investigation into the patterns that the common, fast-flying, cavity-nesting birds might incorporate into their nest construction.
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