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I enjoyed this course and may go through it again! I have downloaded eBird and will use it the next time I go birding. I also want to plant some native plants in my yard that will attract birds, especially hummingbirds. and will look for shade-grown coffee the next time I go shopping. Thank you for an interesting, informative course.
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I've been watching birds at a feeder that hangs just outside a dining room window. It's a cylindrical tube feeder covered in wire mesh with 4 perches and holes where the birds can eat the seeds. I typically see house sparrows and house finches on it, occasionally a song sparrow and goldfinch. Mourning doves and sometimes cardinals will be on the ground below, along with squirrels and sparrows, picking up what has fallen out of the feeder or birds have dropped. At times as many as 8 or 9 birds will be hanging onto the feeder fighting each other for a perch and food. They will fly to the top of the garage which is about 10 feet away to take a break and plan their next attack on the feeder. Some of them are quite aggressive and will push others off the perches or, while on a perch, fight other birds tying to get on. They are voracious and can devour all the seeds in the feeder in less than a day.
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Activity 1: I found it interesting that the migration north in the spring and south in the fall for some of the selected birds followed different patterns. As a newcomer to bird watching, I am glad to know the birds I missed during the spring migration will be coming back in August and/or September, giving me another opportunity to see them.
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