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Nature's Way: Focus on bird electrocution
(21 Mar 2010 08:59)
... are power lines, there seem to be birds using them as perches. Bluebirds, mourning doves, robins, blackbirds, crows, hawks, owls ... Even a wing tip, a few wet feathers, or one leg touching a ground will ...
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Welcome, spring
(21 Mar 2010 05:21)
... also said artificial botanicals, such as indoor birdhouses and silk pots of flowers and herbs, ... holder. The window feeders and the “view-through” bluebird houses are her most popular items. “I ... food, water and shelter (shrubs, trees or nesting houses). She recommended using specific types of ...
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Puppets come to life at New Art Center in Newton
(21 Mar 2010 13:00)
... sons Isak and Olaf make up the Bluebird Theatre, are showing their marionettes and paintings ... lion and a tall creature with a tree sprouting from its head. Bryan is showing ...
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Broccoli, carrots and peas are taunting me
(21 Mar 2010 15:17)
... We took a couple of handfuls of worm castings, mixed them up in a couple ... five weeks, the sun will be shining, bluebirds chirping and we will be able to ...
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METHOT: Truck full of trout to be released
(21 Mar 2010 07:03)
... for a day in the 70s under bluebird skies for both. Trout season opens April ... as common as moose on South Broad Street. The native bobwhite population is put at ...
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Rain gear becomes essential in spring
(21 Mar 2010 06:19)
... past week there were several days of bluebird skies that were simply amazing. As the ... point it will be like an Easter egg hunt to find the snow shovel, sleds ...
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Humans lend a hand for bird habitat
(18 Mar 2010 23:12)
... You didn't have to be a bluebird lover or even a grown-up to learn ... the nest. They mate and once the eggs are laid, she envelops them under a ...
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Birds: Welcome back, ospreys
(17 Mar 2010 23:59)
... this coming weekend there should be male birds back on many nest poles that were successful last season. The ... sawdust. Bird song continues to increase. Eastern bluebirds have been heard from Chilmark to Edgartown. ...
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Spring is here, even in the bird world
(20 Mar 2010 08:51)
... Spring is here, even in the bird world Once the rains stopped and the ... we were able to watch a male bluebird perched at the top of a small ... returning to their rookeries, reclaiming those huge nests in bare trees above the swollen swamps. ...
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Ellis Bird Farm owls are back!
(17 Mar 2010 20:44)
... located right on the property at Ellis Bird Farm, in between the visitors centre and ... On the same day as the annual Bluebird Festival, the female owl was hit by ... sitting in that nest, hunkered down on eggs. I went out there on March 5 ...
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How to make a birdhouse
(18 Mar 2010 22:06)
... Want to attract beautiful birds to your garden? Find out how to ... songbirds and promote ways of providing safe nesting sites. Bring the birds back to your ... type of bird you want to attract: bluebirds, for example, like wide open spaces, while ...
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Local bird watcher has nationally followed site
(18 Mar 2010 10:19)
... For those who think of bird-watching as a prim and proper pastime, a ... completely lost. Spotting a break in the trees, he ran for the clearing only to ... birding opportunities that much." In addition to bluebirds, indigo buntings, herons, and yellow-breasted chats, Lubow ...
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WINGING IT: Bird sightings in Topsfield and beyond
(19 Mar 2010 14:50)
... White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, American Goldfinch : Brant, Bufflehead, Red-throated Loon, ... Plum Island : Green-winged Teal, Common Merganser, Rough-legged Hawk, Killdeer, Razorbill, Snowy Owl, Northern Shrike, ... Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, European Starling, American Tree Sparrow, ...
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Nature's Way: Focus on the American robin
(17 Mar 2010 14:28)
... Wisconsin shares its state bird, the American robin, with Connecticut and Michigan. ... the bird family that includes robins and bluebirds. Though some robins overwinter as far north ... near the top of a tree. Robin egg blue as become a common phrase used ...
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Recognition of reduced pesticide use
(19 Mar 2010 16:32)
... Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) for controlling insects, weeds, rodents and other pests with a ... vacuuming cockroaches infesting a caf to building bird and bat houses to attract natural predators ... the vineyard builds and installs birdhouses for bluebirds that eat blue-green sharpshooters and uses sheep ...
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