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Birds and sounds presented by Casey Extension Agent By Linda Waggener Casey County Home Extension Agent, Debbie Shepherd, offered information about Backyard Birding in a workshop held October 21 at the Adair Extension Office. She spoke of her mentor, her father, and said she wished she had listened more carefully as her dad led walks through the woods, listening to and identifying each bird by its sound. She shared stories of her own love of, and feeding of, birds as she spoke of the most common backyard birds in this region of Kentucky. Some examples from her presentation included: - The American Robbin with its large, round, rusty red belly. They like to eat berries and can be observed getting high on over-ripe berries. She said if one observes a Robin staggering, not to fear that it is injured so much as just realizing it might be intoxicated from consuming fermented berries; - Northern Mockingbird which makes a variety of sounds, 20 seconds or more. Asked why they are called mocking birds, Shepherd explained that the birds listen to, pick up and re-create all types of sounds, even wind chime sounds; - Carolina Chickadee, described as hoarders which can find, hide and relocate up to 1000 hiding places; - The playful, large, loud common grackle; - Goldfinches vs House Finches; - Sparrows; Eastern Bluebirds; - The American Woodcock, which has a round body, almost no tail, and a beak that reaches nearly to the ground; - Mourning Doves which she said are not great nest builders. They work and work but the first strong wind takes their work and scanners it so that they have to start over again; - Purple martins, very beneficial birds because they eat lots of insects, especially mosquitoes; - Three types of woodpeckers are known to live in our area, the Red Headed woodpecker, the Red Bellied woodpecker, and the Downey woodpecker; - The White Breasted Nuthatch which is easy to spot because it runs downhill headfirst toward the ground. These were just a few of the examples given of birds who inhabit south central Kentucky. She left information on the care and feeding of birds with the Adair County extension office so that the public has a resource. She said That even more important than buying birdseed, is keeping fresh water available for birds all through the winter. She said heaters can be purchased that will keep ice from forming on bird baths. Bird sounds for those in the presentation came from the site that Columbiamagazine.com always refers to, allaboutbirds.org This story was posted on 2019-10-21 23:00:19
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