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A swarm of blackbirds takes flight.
Local news, Oilseeds

Keep ditches mowed to keep birds moving

Blackbird flocks will reach maximum size near mid-September

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If you want to save your sunflowers, you need to make sure the blackbirds don’t make them dinner. Lower acres this year have served to concentrate the blackbird flocks into smaller areas where they can do more damage, according to Daryl Rex, an agronomist with the National Sunflower Association of Canada. “I think it is
The ruby-throated hummingbird migrates from Central America — a distance of up to 6,000 km.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Long-distance flyers

Many migrating birds travel an astonishing number of kilometres and some even make the trip non-stop

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It’s migration time, not just for “Canadian snowbirds” returning from a winter in the southern U.S. or Mexico, but for actual birds returning north for the nesting season. April and May are prime months for migrating birds to reach Manitoba, although a few early species may appear in March, and late ones in June. Horned
The gray jay.
Country Crossroads, News

Gray jay nominated as Canada’s national bird

As the only bird to nest and even hatch in winter it’s a worthy choice for Canada

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Move over, snowy owl and Canada goose. A new rival is about to knock you off your national perch. A two-year search by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has nominated the gray jay as Canada’s national bird. The choice has raised eyebrows in some quarters because the gray jay isn’t exactly a household name compared
Suet will attract some types of birds like this pileated woodpecker.
Country Crossroads

Get ready for winter bird feeding

Different types of feeders and what you put in them will attract different species

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It’s that time of year again — time to get out the bird feeders, mix up a batch of suet and seeds, and prepare to spend some time watching the hardy winter birds enjoying a feast in your backyard. We may not look forward to the cold weather and snow, but there are some perks
Lightweight netting over a window can help to reduce bird strikes.
Country Crossroads

Window collisions can be deadly for birds

Try some methods to help prevent this from happening

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Thud! I hear a dreaded noise against my front window and know at once that a bird has flown into it. My large back window has a netting, summer and winter, to warn away birds, but up to now my front picture window has not been a problem. The only preventive methods used there are
Biology professor, Christy Morrissey says a new facility to research bird health could pay human dividends.
Did you know?, News

Bird’s eye view of human health

A University of Saskatchewan facility will let researchers study bird health and the environment with possible human benefits

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Just like the canary in the coal mine, wild birds can tell us a lot about our environment and how it could affect human health. University of Saskatchewan biology professor, Christy Morrissey says watching birds for problems could help locate issues that may affect human health, one of the driving forces behind a new research
Retired carpenter Gord Oleksuk says building purple martin houses has kept
him busy and doing what he loves, working with wood.
Country Crossroads

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
A male goldfinch is a dull beige in winter but sheds these feathers 
for brighter-coloured ones.
Country Crossroads

Springtime means changes in bird behaviour

Watch for colour, diet and vocal changes in many varieties and the different ways they go about attracting a mate

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With the end of winter, birders begin to clean out bird feeders and change the type of food, as spring species begin arriving. They may also be brushing out and closing up birdhouses for bluebirds, tree swallows and wrens, or putting up new ones. But it’s not just birders who prepare for spring. Birds, too,
A ruby-throated hummingbird is handled by a researcher prior to being released.
Did you know?, News

Older hummingbirds better prepared

Lengthy annual migration reveals profound differences between young birds and the more experienced ones

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The small, but mighty ruby-throated hummingbird flies 2,000 km on its migratory journeys without a break, researchers report in the journal The Auk: Ornithological Advances. New research provides some of the first details of the hummingbird’s annual fall journey from the eastern United States to Central America. It shows that their fall migration peaks in
If you feed the birds why not record the visitors that you’re getting?
Country Crossroads

Time to count some birds

Annual event is this month and you could contribute some valuable information

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Do you put out food for birds in winter? If so, why not take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), an annual four-day count held in February each year? This year it will take place February 12 to 15 (the Louis Riel holiday weekend). The Great Backyard Bird Count has been held throughout

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