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Brad Mummery (l to r), Athia Rose, Trent Tomoniko, Jonah Rose and Herb Golden (in back) at the Friends of the Bluebirds meeting in April.
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New groups take up birdhouse project

A 4-H group and a training centre are building to aid Friends of the Bluebirds

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Two new groups are helping to improve the survival rate of bluebirds and swallows in Manitoba. They are doing so by providing nest boxes through the Brandon-based organization, Friends of the Bluebirds. One group, the Belles, Beaux & Builders 4-H Club from Neepawa, made a presentation at the Brandon Discovery Centre at the April meeting
Retired carpenter Gord Oleksuk says building purple martin houses has kept
him busy and doing what he loves, working with wood.
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Retired carpenter building for the birds

Gord Oleksuk says he’s built well over 100 purple martin houses over the past 18 years

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Eighteen years ago Gord Oleksuk was a freshly retired carpenter in search of something to do — so he built a purple martin house. More than 100 purple martin houses later, he’s still building them in the little shop beside his house, at the corner of Highways 10 and 25, north of Brandon. It all
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Why do some songbirds warm eggs longer than others?

Birds with a short lifespan put more effort into incubating their young

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The amount of care parents provide their young varies greatly across the animal kingdom, particularly among songbird species, who spend anywhere from 20 per cent to nearly 100 per cent of daylight hours warming eggs in their nests. A team of researchers led by Thomas Martin, senior scientist and professor at UM’s Montana Cooperative Wildlife
A barn swallow with hungry babies.
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Species at risk

Both the barn and bank swallows are on this list in Manitoba

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If you live in rural Manitoba, you are probably familiar with the various types of swallows that spend their summers here: the dark-green and white tree swallow which nests in boxes or cavities; cliff swallows which nest in colonies under bridges or occasionally on barns; the smaller light- and dark-grey bank swallow which tunnels into
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Wood Ducks: Let’s Help Their Comeback

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One of Manitoba’s most photogenic water birds, with its bright, iridescent feathers, is the wood duck. For a time this colourful duck was in decline across North America, but with a little help from humans, it is making a definite comeback. Still, its numbers in Manitoba remain relatively small, and I’m always pleased when I
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Friends Of The Bluebirds

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Have you noticed birdhouses as you drive along rural roads in southern Manitoba? These may have been put out by the Friends of the Bluebirds. This group, centred in Brandon but with members in many surrounding communities, is the legacy of John and Nora Lane. Over the years the society has been an important factor
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Welcome Back Orioles

In early May I look forward to the arrival of the Baltimore oriole. After weeks of concern, imagining that they may have perished in the terrible storms of the southern states during their travels back, they finally arrive. They are usually back before the leaves are on the trees, do some mating and then begin

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