February 15, 2022
| Pileated Woodpecker by Marie Lehmann |
For the sixth season in a row, Venture FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Limitless are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the prospect to win prizes. After getting into chicken counts (knowledge) into the FeederWatch web site, individuals have the chance to share a narrative, reminiscence, or tip by clicking the “Enter to Win” button on the Depend Abstract web page. This 12 months, we’re randomly choosing two winners per immediate. Our third Information Entry contest immediate was:
Describe the way you turned occupied with birds. Do you may have a “spark” chicken? Inform us the way it all started!
Congratulations to our winners, Mark Mattingly and John Leith!
Mark shared:
Whereas stationed in Washington D.C. within the Military, I constructed a chicken feeder in our firm’s upkeep store in my spare time. Little did I notice then, at age 18, that I’d be feeding the birds for the following fifty years. I as soon as had three Pileated Woodpeckers at my suet feeder at one time. They even remained lengthy sufficient for me to take their image. And issues simply saved getting higher and higher.
There are various totally different feeder varieties you’ll be able to select from when planning to feed birds. From suet cages to platform feeders, totally different birds have totally different preferences. We’ve bought nice sources that can assist you discover what feeder will work greatest for you! Try our Feeder Birds web page to see the totally different feeder varieties you’ll be able to select from, and to study the kind of feeder every chicken prefers, click on in your goal chicken utilizing our Frequent Feeder Birds Interactive instrument.
John shared how his father helped him turn into occupied with birds:
I’ve been and obsessed with nature and birds since I used to be fairly younger (possibly round 5-6 years previous). I’m now 67 years previous. It began with my father taking me for nearly every day walks down the Redhill Creek in Hamilton each night after his postal route was completed. He would level out to me the Ring-necked Pheasants roosting within the bushes because it was getting darkish, and the animal tracks we’d spot in delicate soil and snow. It completely amazed me and I used to be hooked. I’ve been a chicken watcher and nature nut ever since. Thanks, Dad! Relaxation in peace.
Birdwatching is a good way to foster a love of nature. Guaranteeing your yard is wildlife-friendly can profit extra than simply birds. For extra info on straightforward steps you’ll be able to take to assist, learn these Seven Easy Actions To Assist Birds.
Because of everybody who participated and shared their tales – we want we might share all of them! We’ll decide two winners every month by means of April 2022. Try the competition web page after you submit your rely on FeederWatch.org to view the following story immediate, and keep tuned for the announcement of our subsequent winners on Tuesday, March 15, 2022! Utilizing the app? You possibly can entry the Depend Abstract web page, which incorporates the hyperlink to the competition, by signing in to our web site, clicking “View or Edit Earlier Counts,” clicking “Actions” after which “View” for a rely that has already been submitted. E mail feederwatch@cornell.edu with questions.
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