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As the Garden Winds Down, It's Time to Care for Winter-Prepping Birds
Suburban gardeners provide high-energy food and shelter to help migrating and non-migratory birds survive winter scarcity, supporting local bird populations through the season.
- Jessica Damiano is turning off solar-powered landscape lights and porch lights in suburban New York for the next couple of months to help migratory birds.
- She is taking this action because migratory birds depend on the moon and stars for celestial navigation cues during their journeys south in autumn.
- Damiano also cleans and fills birdfeeders with high-energy seed mix to support both migrating and non-migratory birds as food becomes scarce in winter.
- She explains that the moon and stars act as a natural navigation system for migratory birds—much like a GPS—and emphasizes her intention to avoid disrupting this guidance.
- Efforts like reducing artificial light, leaving seedheads, and providing food may help local birds survive the colder months until spring returns.
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The Hamilton SpectatorAs the garden winds down, it’s time to care for winter-prepping birds
By JESSICA DAMIANO I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys south. And I’ll keep it well-stocked with high-energy seed mix throughout winter to feed the non-migratory birds that tough it out until spring in my suburban New York garden. After all, it’s now, when the garden is slowing down, that birds need us the most. Providing sustenance is one of several ways tha…
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As the garden winds down, it's time to care for winter-prepping birds
When fall descends and the garden slows down, birds could use some extra help. That's true whether they're migrating south or roughing out northern winters.
·United States
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Total News Sources13
Leaning Left7Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Left
Bias Distribution
- 54% of the sources lean Left
54% Left
L 54%
C 31%
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