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Plants That Will Make Your Garden Buzz with Wildlife

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gardenFor many garden lovers, the chance to get outside, escape the laptop, and enjoy nature is the reason they have a house with a garden.

Gardening offers people the opportunity to relax and take time out from the pressures of modern life

Some people want to grow their own fruit, vegetables, and herbs, while others simply want to enjoy the birds, bees, and butterflies that visit their gardens.

Most garden owners know that wildlife loves a garden. It’s a great place for plants and creatures to flourish. The types of plants you choose will have a big impact on the wildlife in your garden. Continue reading →

Ways You Can Help Wildlife in Your Backyard

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wildlifeJane Marsh – How often do you notice wildlife in your backyard? As new developments enter towns and rural areas, wildlife habitats are being destroyed, which has displaced animals like birds, deer and even bugs.

Some people’s yards have become a haven for wild creatures, and that’s because they take the time to make their yards natural and protected from outside sources. If you want your backyard to be like that, then here are 10 ways you can help wildlife in your backyard.

1. Feed the Birds — and Only the Birds

Many people love to put birdseed out to feed the birds at all times of the year. It’s a great way to help them stay full, especially in harsh weather conditions or when they need fuel to migrate. Choose natural foods like seeds and nuts. Try to avoid giving them any processed bread. Continue reading →

Birds can learn another “language” by eavesdropping on other species

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birdsThe Horn News – For birds, understanding neighborhood gossip about an approaching hawk or brown snake can mean the difference between life or death.

Wild critters are known to listen to each other for clues about lurking predators, effectively eavesdropping on other species’ chatter. Birds, for example, can learn to flee when neighbors cluck “hawk!” — or, more precisely, emit a distress call.

The fairy wren, a small Australian songbird, is not born knowing the “languages” of other birds. But it can master the meaning of a few key “words,” as scientists explain in a paper published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

“We knew before that some animals can translate the meanings of other species’ ‘foreign languages,’ but we did not know how that ‘language learning’ came about,” said Andrew Radford, a biologist at the University of Bristol and co-author of the study. Continue reading →

Spring Equinox 2017

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birdsLaurie Baum – Greetings!

The Spring Equinox arrives on Monday, March 20, 2017. As the days grow longer under the nurturing light of the sun, please focus this increased energy on your positive thoughts, intentions, and prayers!

As I was contemplating the spring astrological forecast you are now reading, it occurred to me to look to Mother Nature for insights into the chaotic state of current world events. Given that astrology correlates natural phenomenon (planetary movements) and human affairs, I figured that answers to widespread imbalances in our world could be represented symbolically in nature. “As above, so below,” says the ancient philosophical principle.

At that moment, two small birds gracefully flew onto on a branch of a palm tree outside of my house. They were happily chirping until a big black crow swooped down upon them and replaced the two little birds on their branch. The big crow triumphantly (although only momentarily) sat on the branch, as if s/he was the new proud owner of the position. The two unseated birds, however, started “tweeting” loudly (pun somewhat intended). Within seconds, more than a dozen little birds, furiously fluttering their wings, arrived on the scene. They tweeted unrelentingly until the big black bird flew off. Then the small birds reclaimed their branch.

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