Birdlife: Spring hummingbird happenings
By Marcia Davis
Sunday, March 29, 2009
If you’re an April fool for hummingbirds, it’s easy to remember April 1 as a humdinger of a day – the day to hang the hummingbird feeders every year.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds keep to their schedules. Spring’s first migrant hummers usually arrive in East Tennessee in early April. Be [...]
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Birdlife: Spring hummingbird happenings at Songbird Prairie in Valparaiso
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Buy Cheap Aspects Hummingbird Hummzinger Ultra Feeder (4 feeding ports – 12-oz feeder – 10” diameter) Also available at Songbird Prairie Bed and Breakfast
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To view the set of photos documenting this Hummingbird family click here
Here at Songbird Prairie Bed and Breakfast, we use these feeders as well as glass tubular feeders made from the coppersmiths at Holland Hill. Bed and Breakfasts, Indiana is what to google to find the award winning Songbird Prairie, or www.songbirdprairie.com 877-766-4273
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Report:U.S.bird species declining see songbirds at Songbird Prairie Bed and Breakfast
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Report: U.S. bird species declining
Last update: 9:30 p.m. EDT March 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, Mar 19, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — From Atlantic beaches to Midwestern prairies and Hawaiian forests, one-third of the 800 U.S. bird species are in danger, a report released Thursday said.
“The U.S. State of the Birds” is based on data from three bird [...]
Robins not necessarily signs of spring at Songbird Prairie
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Robins not necessarily
signs of spring
Updated: Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009, 2:25 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009, 2:25 PM CDT
By CHAD DALLY, The Daily Press, Ashland
ASHLAND (AP) – Much like Punxsutawney Phil and his fellow groundhogs, sightings of the American robin are considered by many to be a sign that spring either is here or [...]
New tenants at your birdbath? Global warming to blame See the Cardinal at Songbird Prairie B&B
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The cardinal was not found in Illinois until about 100 years ago, when population density forced it farther north, according to local bird surveys. Its story is an example of non-climate-related bird range shift.
New tenants at your birdbath? Global warming may be to blame
by Amanda Hughes
March 18, 2009
Birds and Climate Study/Audubon Society
Bird ranges [...]
Bluebird LOVE their tasty mealworms for breakfast
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As soon as the bluebirds start their fluttering up and down in front of the picture windows in the sunroom of our Bed and Breakfast, we hurry out to serve them their “ live” breakfast of mealworms. You can almost hear them chirp back “thank you”. The feeder is about 10 feet from their nesting box and [...]
Hummingbird family photos They are coming to Songbird Prairie approx May 1st
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This is the larger of the two chicks at 25 days old and is now officially a fledgling. Although still fed by the mother, he is now feeding on his own!! He flies around (like a seasoned pro) the tree visiting the flowers with the greatest ease!
To view the set of photos documenting this Hummingbird family (including [...]
Long, sexy tails don’t sap male hummingbirds’ energy reserves. View hummers up close at Songbird Prairie Bed and Breakfast
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Migratory Birds return to nesting areas in the upper Midwest and at Songbird Prairie
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HOUSTON, Texas (ENS) – The Sierra Club late Monday filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Houston against the Federal Highway Administration over the environmental impacts of the proposed Grand Parkway Segment E in western Harris County on the Katy Prairie.
Located on the Texas Coastal Plain the Katy Prairie encompasses over 1,000 square miles, [...]
How to become a birdwatcher? Come to Songbird Prairie and have breakfast with the birds.
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How to become a birdwatcher Monday, 09 March 2009 by Joni Astrup Associate editor Like watching birds out your window or at a nearby birding hotspot? You’re not alone. Nearly 48 million Americans enjoy watching birds, according to a 2006 federal study. One of them is Nancy Haugen, who began birdwatching in college when she [...]
