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A look into were the 7A class placed their handmade birdhouses and the birds they hope move in.

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Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Sheets to edit Excel files. Free from Google.

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This live Cam shows the inter workings of the life of squirrels in Scotland.

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At Balmoral we have some very special residents - our red squirrels.

The inquisitive red squirrels are one of Scotland's favourite mammals but it is declining in numbers and is classified as an endangered species. We are lucky to have several scurries of squirrels and you can watch them feeding throughout the year.

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At Balmoral we have some very special residents - our red squirrels. The inquisitive red squirrels are one of Scotland's favourite mammals but it is declining in numbers and is classified as an endangered species. We are lucky to have several scurries of squirrels and you can watch them feeding throughout the year.

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Cornell university shows you the inter workings of life as a cardinal in New York.

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This FeederWatch cam, located in the Treman Bird Feeding Garden at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is dedicated to Joseph H. Williams, a lifetime friend of the Cornell Lab and Administrative Board member from 1990 to 2018. Perched on the edge of both Sapsucker Woods and its 10-acre pond, these feeders attract both forest species like chickadees and woodpeckers as well as some species that prefer open environments near water like Red-winged Blackbirds. The cam hardware includes an Axis P1448-LE camera with an an ETS ML1-WPW microphone.

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Watch the birds of Sapsucker Woods visit the feeders outside the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, NY.

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American Woodcocks's habits explained.

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Plump, well-camouflaged shorebird that favors wooded or shrubby areas, usually near open fields. Plain buffy-salmon belly distinctive; also note intricately patterned upperparts with broad gray stripes down the back. Goofy-looking expression with huge dark eye placed high and far back on head. Extremely long bill used to probe the ground for worms. When flushed from dense cover, listen for high-pitched wing twittering and note rotund shape and long bill. Might be confused with Wilson's Snipe, but woodcock is not nearly as dark and patterned. Fairly common throughout eastern North America, but secretive and rarely seen well in daytime. Always on the ground, except during well-known elaborate courtship display performed from dusk to dawn in spring. Listen for loud nasal "PEENT!" calls from the ground and high-pitched chirps and twitters (produced by the outer wing feathers) from high in the sky.

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Plump, well-camouflaged shorebird that favors wooded or shrubby areas, usually near open fields. Plain buffy-salmon belly distinctive; also note intricately patterned upperparts with broad gray stripes down the back. Goofy-looking expression with huge dark eye placed high and far back on head.

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Cornell University explains the American Wigeon

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American Wigeon Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon, a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname “baldpate.” Females are brushed in warm browns with a gray-brown head and a smudge around t…

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Britannica Explains the habits of the North American Robin.

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Robin: Robin, either of two species of thrushes (family Turdidae) distinguished by an orange or dull reddish breast. The American robin (Turdus migratorius), a large North American thrush, is one of the most familiar songbirds in the eastern United States. Early colonial settlers named it robin because

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The Santiago Zoo explains the life of Humming Birds in detail. Showing the habits and diet.

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Hummingbirds are not very social animals, which is why you never see them flying in flocks. In fact, males and females live apart until breeding season, when a male calls to a female and shows her his beautiful feathers. Some male hummingbird species attract a female by forming a lek, which can include up to 100 males.

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All about Birds explains the habitat, life, and diet of the American Goldfinch.

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American Goldfinch Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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This handsome little finch, the state bird of New Jersey, Iowa, and Washington, is welcome and common at feeders, where it takes primarily sunflower and nyjer. Goldfinches often flock with Pine Siskins and Common Redpolls. Spring males are brilliant yellow and shiny black with a bit of white.

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The Lab of Ornithology explains the life of Northern Mourning Doves.

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Mourning Dove Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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A graceful, slender-tailed, small-headed dove that's common across the continent. Mourning Doves perch on telephone wires and forage for seeds on the ground; their flight is fast and bullet straight. Their soft, drawn-out calls sound like laments. When taking off, their wings make a sharp whistling or whinnying.

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The life and habits of the Norther Cardinal are explained Audubon field guide.

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Mostly seeds, insects, berries. Diet is quite varied. Feeds on many insects, including beetles, true bugs, grasshoppers, caterpillars, ants, flies, and many others, also spiders, centipedes, and snails. Most of diet is vegetable matter, including seeds of weeds and grasses, waste grain, leaf buds, flowers, and many berries and wild fruits. Young are fed mostly insects.

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One of our most popular birds, the Cardinal is the official state bird of no fewer than seven eastern states. Abundant in the Southeast, it has been extending its range northward for decades, and it...

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Cornell lab of Ornithology discuses the habits of Mallards

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Mallard Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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If someone at a park is feeding bread to ducks, chances are there are Mallards in the fray. Perhaps the most familiar of all ducks, Mallards occur throughout North America and Eurasia in ponds and parks as well as wilder wetlands and estuaries.

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Detailed information about tree swallows written by National Geographic.

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These familiar birds nest in abandoned cavities in dead trees or nest boxes provided for them by admiring humans.

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Audubon Field Guide talks about how the white breasted nut hatch lives.

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Readily attracted to bird feeders for sunflower seeds or suet, the White-breasted Nuthatch may spend much of its time industriously carrying seeds away to hide them in crevices. Its nasal calls are typical and familiar sounds of winter mornings in deciduous woods over much of North America.

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General facts about the black-capped chickadee are listed National Wilde life Federation.

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Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Status: Not Listed

Description

Black-capped chickadees are named for the "cap" of black feathers that covers the top of the bird's head and extends just below the eyes. Their cheeks and chest are white, their wings are gray with white edges, and their sides are beige. Adult black-capped chickadees are just four to six inches (10 to 15 centimeters) long with a wingspan of six to eight inches (15 to 20 centimeters).

Range

Black-capped chickadees are non-migratory. They are found year-round from New England to the West Coast. In the West, their range extends as far south as New Mexico. In the east, they follow the Appalachian Mountains south to Georgia. Canadian residents and Alaskans can observe black-capped chickadees near their homes as well.

Black-capped chickadees are found in deciduous and mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, especially near forest edges. They are commonly found near willows and cottonwoods, and like to make their nests in the snags of alder and birch trees. Feeders and nest boxes can be used to attract chickadees to suburban backyards.

Hawks, owls, and shrikes capture adult chickadees, but nestlings and eggs are in more danger of being consumed by tree-climbing mammals. A chickadee's alarm call sounds just like its name. Chickadees warn their flocks of nearby predators by sounding out "chickadee-dee-dee!"

Diet

Like many birds, black-capped chickadees are omnivorous. They eat a diet of seeds, berries, insects, invertebrates, and occasionally small portions of carrion. Chickadees also love to eat suet and peanut butter offered at bird feeders. However, chickadees have a penchant for storing food and eating it later, so they usually won't stick around at a feeder for very long. They place food items in a number of different hidden locations, so chickadees must have excellent memories to keep track of their food.

Life History

Male and female chickadees excavate nest cavities in the soft, rotting wood of snags or build nests in abandoned woodpecker cavities. They also take readily to nest boxes filled with wood shavings. Females build the nest and fill it with up to 13 eggs. The male brings her food while she warms the eggs, and both parents take part in raising the young.

The average lifespan for black-capped chickadees is less than two to three years. The oldest chickadee on record was a male that lived for over 11.5 years.

Conservation

Black-capped chickadee numbers are increasing due to large amounts of forest edge habitat, as well as nesting and feeding opportunities in backyards.

Fun Fact

Chickadees are social birds that live in flocks. To keep up with changes within the flock-and to remember food cache locations-chickadees are able to replace old neurons with new ones. This essentially wipes out old memories and gives the birds more space to store new information.

Sources

Bird Web, Seattle Audubon Society

NatureServe Explorer

Pennsylvania State University

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

United States Geological Survey

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Black-Capped Chickadee | National Wildlife Federation

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Poecile atricapillus Status: Not Listed Description Black-capped chickadees are named for the "cap" of black feathers that covers the top of the bird's head and extends just below the eyes. Their cheeks and chest are white, their wings are gray with white edges, and their sides are beige.

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The American Bird Conservatory goes into detail about the life of Mountain Blue Birds.

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The Mountain Bluebird was once called the Arctic or Ultramarine Blue-Bird - names that recognize its northerly range and the male's vivid sky-blue plumage. This small thrush, about two-thirds the size of an American Robin, is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.

Although closely related to Eastern and Western Bluebirds, the Mountain Bluebird's habits often resemble those of very different bird species. Read on to find out which ones!

Female Mountain Bluebird with nesting materials. Photo by Paul Tessier, Shutterstock .

Western Bluebirds often are seen perched on fence posts or wires, singing low, warbled "tru-lee" notes.

(Audio by Andrew Spencer, XC314083. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/14083)

Mountain Bluebird. Photo by Tom Reichner/Shutterstock.

Mountain Bluebirds, like the Tree Swallow and Flammulated Owl, are secondary cavity nesters, making use of natural or woodpecker-created hollows; holes in sandstone cliffs; or clay banks. They readily accept nest boxes and have benefited from bluebird nest box programs designed to boost populations where the species is declining.

The male Mountain Bluebird scouts out suitable cavities, then shows them to a female, who ultimately decides whether to accept or reject a site. After the young hatch and fledge, family groups and other individuals gather in flocks until cold weather triggers migration.

Foraging Like a Falcon

Like the Wood Thrush or Varied Thrush, the Mountain Bluebird feeds on the ground, grabbing insects and small fruits. This bluebird's diet includes more insects than most thrushes, and its feeding behavior is very un-thrush like: It hovers low over the ground and pounces, like a small American Kestrel, or darts out from a perch to snatch prey like an Olive-sided Flycatcher.

Most Migratory Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird range map by ABC.

Mountain Bluebirds breed in high, open country across western North America, as far north as Alaska. Usually nesting at elevations above 7,000 feet, they favor open territories year-round, including alpine meadows and clearings, as well as lower-elevation grasslands, plains, fields, farmland, pastures, and gardens.

This is the most migratory of bluebirds, with the northernmost populations migrating south and resident populations moving to lower elevations each winter. Mountain Bluebirds usually migrate in groups of up to 50 birds, frequently forming mixed flocks during the winter with Western Bluebirds, sparrows, and juncos.

Although there are no recognized subspecies, where ranges overlap, Mountain Bluebirds may hybridize with Eastern or Western Bluebirds.

Protection from Plastic Pipes

Partners in Flight data show that Mountain Bluebird populations have declined by 21 percent in the United States. As cavity-nesters, Mountain Bluebirds are particularly affected by the millions of PVC pipes used as mine claim markers throughout the West. Bluebirds and other species, ranging from sparrows to screech-owls, investigate these vertical pipes as potential nest sites, become trapped inside, and - unable to escape - starve or die of dehydration.

ABC has led the charge to end this threat, petitioning the Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service to remove or modify existing pipes and establish standards to prevent use of open pipes in the future.

Policies enacted by the U.S. Congress and federal agencies, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have a huge impact on America's birds. You can help shape these rules for the better by telling lawmakers to prioritize birds, bird habitat, and bird-friendly measures. To get started, visit ABC's Action Center.

Living a bird-friendly life can have an immediate impact on the birds around you. Doing so can be as easy as adding native plants to your garden, avoiding pesticides, and keeping cats indoors. To learn more, visit our Bird-Friendly Life page.

American Bird Conservancy and our Migratory Bird Joint Venture partners have improved conservation management on more than 6.4 million acres of U.S. bird habitat - an area larger than the state of Maryland - over the last ten years. This is a monumental undertaking, requiring the support of many, and you can help by making a gift today.

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The Mountain Bluebird was once called the Arctic or Ultramarine Blue-Bird - names that recognize its northerly range and the male's vivid sky-blue plumage. This small thrush, about two-thirds the size of an American Robin, is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada.