#BRINGBIRDSBACK FEATURED SPECIES: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpeckers are strikingly beautiful birds. They are in trouble. But we can help them in our yards. Their numbers have declined 1% per yr, 54% total, since the mid-1960s. They have made it to the Yellow Watch List “for species that require constant monitoring and long-term assessment to prevent further declines.” What are the […]

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LEAVE MORE THAN LEAVES IN YOUR YARD, LEAVE STUMPS AND SNAGS TOO

Tufted Titmouse Eating Paper Wasp On Stump

It is not a coincidence that the birds featured in this post are on a rotting stump in our yard. We leave stumps & snags – when safe – for the very reasons tree removal companies tell us not to: To attract ‘pests’. Pests like the wasps, beetles, spiders, ants and caterpillars that live in […]

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