migration

Do bird feeders discourage migration?

Do bird feeders discourage migration?

Bird feeding is popular, so we get a lot of questions related to the ins and outs. Often, worries about feeders come up as temperatures get colder. Does leaving bird feeders out discourage migration?

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Good news for Cerulean Warblers and us

Please, please, please use this link to read how the MVC and an incredibly generous anonymous donor saved 108 acres of Crawford County habitat important to migrating Cerulean Warblers and other songbirds. And this land will be open for us to watch those lovely birds and the other cool flora and fauna the land supports.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Action Alert: Stand up now for birds & the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

The Trump administration is attempting to roll back major protections laid out in the 100+ year old Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the most important bird protection law in the U.S. The administration is seeking to ease regulations on incidental take that will utterly dismantle existing protections. The changes will allow industries and corporations to kill untold numbers of protected birds without any legal penalty because they can claim they didn't intend to kill them. It's an egregious and unprecedented attack on our birds.

Photo by Arlene Koziol