Attracting Birds

Establishing native conifers for birds to use as winter roosting sites transforms a bleak backyard into a critical thermal sanctuary when freezing temperatures threaten small songbird survival. During periods of extreme overnight cold, species like black-capped chickadees, golden-crowned kinglets, and dark-eyed juncos face rapid metabolic heat loss. Dense evergreen needles interrupt lethal wind chills and

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You know that frustrating feeling when you look out your window at 7:00 AM and see a chaotic, bustling flock of songbirds, but by noon your yard turns into a completely deserted ghost town? If you’ve been wondering when are birds most active at feeders, realizing that your local wildlife operates on a strict biological

You can no longer hand-feed birds at Cherry Hill Gate due to strict City of Burlington animal control bylaws that prohibit feeding wildlife on all public park lands and Royal Botanical Gardens trails. While chickadees and nuthatches along the Hendrie Valley boardwalks still approach visitors out of habit, anyone caught leaving seeds or ground-feeding face