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Great Backyard Bird Count February 12–15
Learn how you can participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count–all you have to do is watch birds for at least 15 minutes, at least once, from February 12 through February 15, 2021…Also, learn how to improve the habitat on your own property to make it more inviting for birds and butterflies. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators
Tagged adult Monarch, Asclepias tuberosa, chrysalis, Creating Inviting Habitats, Great Backyard Bird Count, house wrens, Lantana, Monarch caterpillar, nest boxes, Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Blooming RED, White, and Blue
As promised, here is a follow up to our Planning for the Red, White and Blue series on patriotic gardens. Enjoy your holiday and our pictures of some of the red, white, and blue flowers that we found blooming in local gardens on July 4 of years past. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden
Tagged Achillea millefolium, Archilochus colubris, Lonicera sempervirens, Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’, Patriotic gardens, pollinators, Red Flower Carpet®, red flowers, Rosa ‘Noare’, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Salvia microphylla, Scarlet Beebalm, small-leaf sage, trumpet honeysuckle, yarrow
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World Migratory Bird Day – May 9 and 10
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener The migration of birds northward peaks in April and May, and we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day May 9 and 10. Initiated in 2006 and administered by the United Nations Environment Programme, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Archilochus colubris, awnings, bird baths, bird deaths, bird feeders, bird migration, bird-building collisions, birdhouses, Black-capped Chickadee, Cardinalis cardinals, Christa Watters, communication towers, Conservation, Downy Woodpecker, glass atriums, Lights Out DC, migratory seasons, Northern Cardinal, outdoor shutters, Picoides pubescens, Poecile atricapillus, power lines, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sphyrapicus varius, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, UV reflecting glass, Wildlife, wind turbines, window decals, windows, world migratory bird day, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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