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It’s the Great Backyard Bird Count!

I was so taken with thoughts of gardening this past week I didn’t even take time to post information about the Great Backyard Bird Count! And if, as I am, you are concerned about all the articles citing declining songbird species and putting the blame on cats in general, especially stray

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Attract Birds With Homemade Treat Cakes

Among the requirements for my Backyard Wildlife Habitat, I provide food and shelter for native wild bird species all year round because aside from being fun to watch, they are an important insect guard in my vegetable garden. In winter, however, I am compelled to put feeders up everywhere I

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Start Planning Now

Leaves are beginning to fall, migrating birds are settling in, my favorite wildflowers, the autumn asters, are blooming and I’m planning what I’ll grow and do in my yard next year. Enjoying the experience of an mild autumn afternoon or helping the birds through a cold winter day is a

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It’s the Great Backyard Bird Count!

Right now, as spring approaches and birds are beginning to migrate, pair off and settle into their new summer homes, it’s a really exciting time to participate in this international citizen-science event, February 17 through 20. All you need to do is watch your bird feeder and take a few

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Attract Birds With Homemade Treat Cakes

Among the requirements for my Backyard Wildlife Habitat, I provide food and shelter for native wild bird species all year round because aside from being fun to watch, they are an important insect guard in my vegetable garden. In winter, however, I am compelled to put feeders up everywhere I

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Holiday Cards: Greetings From Our Backyard Birds

These designs don’t involve cats, but they do show our backyard birds which many readers here at The Creative Cat enjoy.  I’ve posted an article about them on Portraits of Animals Marketplace. Be the first to like. Like Unlike 19 total views, no views today

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Start Planning Now

Leaves are beginning to fall, migrating birds are settling in, my favorite wildflowers, the autumn asters, are blooming and I’m planning what I’ll grow and do in my yard next year. Enjoying the experience of an mild autumn afternoon or helping the birds through a cold winter day is a

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It’s the Great Backyard Bird Count!

Right now, as spring approaches and birds are beginning to migrate, pair off and settle into their new summer homes, it’s a really exciting time to participate in this international citizen-science event. All you need to do is watch your bird feeder and take a few notes. I can see

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Snowed In? Start Planning Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat

This is the first in a series of articles on building your backyard wildlife habitat and includes the index to all the articles at the bottom. At dusk a male cardinal, always the last to feed, sat on a branch in the bare lilac outside the north window, bobbing slightly

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Birds?! Attract them with homemade suet cakes

My yard is a registered Backyard Wildlife Habitat, deemed so by the National Wildlife Federation. Among other requirements, I provide food and shelter for native wild bird species all year round because aside from being fun to watch, they are an important insect guard in my vegetable garden. In winter,

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