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2021 Urban Bird Conservation Workshop

Looking forward to this Partners in Flight Urban Bird Conservation Meeting, Nov 17-18. Check it out for the latest on helping birds in urban environments.

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Birds and Windows at Yale University

A recent Yale Daily News story highlights recent efforts on the Yale campus to address the birdstrike problem with their glass buildings. Of continuing concern is Yale School of Management’s Edward P. Evans Hall, which has killed hundreds of birds … Continue reading

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Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex Bird-safe Windows

Yesterday, while attending my son’s indoor track meet, I was happy to see a huge bird-safe window at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island, NY. Different sized nature and athletic icons are fritted onto the glass on this … Continue reading

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Helping Birds and Wildlife at your Country Home or Ranchette

When I was at Audubon we created some great resources to guide landowners in helping birds and wildlife on their exurban or country yards and property. The best resource was a workbook that I can’t find online anymore, so I’m … Continue reading

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What the heck is a Birdscape?

Birdscaping is the art and science of creating habitat for birds.  While the term is relatively new, building bird houses, putting up feeders, and planting trees and bushes for birds goes back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.     In … Continue reading

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Birding for Everyone

I originally posted this review on 2 Dec 2008 at the Audubon Birdscapes Blog, now offline but available on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive (here). If your Audubon chapter or birding club is trying to expand its membership and reach … Continue reading

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New Dutch Urban Bird Materials

Netherlands – Society for the Protection of Birds (VBN) has some great new resources to help conserve urban birds. You will need Google translate or another translation service to read them if you don’t read Dutch, but great info here: … Continue reading

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Urban Birds to Help

Birds in urban yards and neighborhoods dominated by buildings and tiny yards, patios, or balconies need help finding food, shelter, and water.  Especially if there are large parks, wooded streams, or other patches of habitat nearby, creating additional small patches … Continue reading

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Suburban Birds to Help

Traditional suburban yards are dominated by lawns, flowerbeds, foundation plantings, and shade trees.  With a little additional work, they can provide useful habitat for many local birds that need help to survive in suburban neighborhoods. Suburban Birds to Help are … Continue reading

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Rural Birds to Help

If you own a rural yard or larger property, you probably have a lot of birds already in your yard.  But there are always additional birds in your area that may need a little extra attention in order to thrive … Continue reading

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