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February 2000 Webnotes
Watch For: Stokes Birds At Home
Our new public television series, Stokes Birds At Home, begins in many states now. Check our Show Times listing for when it can be seen in your area. And for complete descriptions of what to look for on every show, see our Episodes pages.
At Your Bird Feeders: Wintering Sparrows
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Attract wintering sparrows to your bird feeder by providing bird seed sprinkled on the ground and cover nearby, such as a brush pile or dense shrubs. Sparrows eat millet, cracked corn, and sunflower seeds. Dark-eyed Juncos and White-throated, White-crowned, Tree, and Fox Sparrows will flock to your feeders. A pair of Fox Sparrows, one of the largest and most beautiful of the sparrows, has been spending the winter at our Massachusetts feeders eating hulled sunflower seeds.
Bird Gardening Tip: Berries
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Many birds rely on berries as a food source to get them through the winter. Birds such as bluebirds eat holly and sumac during the colder months. Notice which berries birds in your area are eating in winter, then add those plants to your bird landscaping when planting time comes.
Birding Travel Tip: Wintering Shorebirds and Wading Birds
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February is a good time to visit warmer coastal areas of the country such as, Florida, Texas, and California, to do some birding, bird photography, and escape the cold. Here you can see wintering wading birds such as Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Green Herons, and Black-crowned Night-Herons, as well as wintering shorebirds such as Western Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones, and Marbled Godwits. To learn more about birds of the seashore and Marbled Godwits, see Episode 113 of Stokes Birds At Home.
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