This short film shows close ups of many bird species bathing and explains why birds bathe even on the iciest days. Have a peek at them in the spa.
European Starlings
Mockingbird: A Plague upon Starlings
These Starlings, straight out of Hitchcock, don’t intimidate a Mockingbird. He can scatter thirty of them like ashes in a gust of wind.
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Red-bellied Woodpecker Defends His Nest against Starlings
Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Starlings are arch enemies, mainly because Starlings so often gang up and attempt to seize nesting holes that the Red-bellies have just dug. Watch to see gorgeous closeups of a Red-bellied male calling for a mate and excavating a cavity. Then watch the battle that ensues for possession of the hole.
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Attracting Birds to Your Winter Garden
On cold winter days, birds are tiny furnaces that must be stoked. We provide them with seeds, bark butter, nuts, water, and berries. They congregate to gobble it up.
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