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Marcia Davis: Elusive golden eagles caught on trail cameras
Published 4/20/2013 at 3:53 p.m. 0 comments
Motion sensitive trail cameras. Deer carcasses. Rocket-fired nets. Cellular tracking transmitters. Cell phone towers. All are involved in solving the century-old mystery of how many golden eagles winter in Tennessee and where those eagles come from.
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Marcia Davis: Nesting success hindered by honeysuckle?
Published 4/13/2013 at 12:13 p.m. 0 comments
Looks can be deceiving when it comes to selecting the best plant for a nest site.
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Marcia Davis: Join Sharp's Ridge April bird walks
Published 4/6/2013 at 3:31 p.m. 0 comments
Ask longtime Knox County birdwatcher Tony Headrick why he spends so many April hours at Knoxville’s Sharp’s Ridge Memorial Park. He’ll tell you about his high expectations of finding some of his favorite, uncommon, migrant birds like worm-eating warblers, Kentucky ...
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Marcia Davis: Northbound hummingbirds are better late than never
Published 3/30/2013 at 11:23 a.m. 0 comments
Freeze warnings. Winter weather advisories. Snow. Migrating ruby-throated hummingbirds have surely seen better springs than this one.
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Marcia Davis: Dense bamboo thicket is high-rise hotel for starlings
Published 3/22/2013 at 12:50 p.m. 0 comments
Want European starlings? Plant bamboo. People adding plants to their yard to improve wildlife habitat and provide shelter for birds rarely have European starlings in mind as the beneficiaries.
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Marcia Davis: Some birdhouses attract riffraff more than others
Published 3/16/2013 at 1:54 p.m. 0 comments
Bigger may be better if you’re a male house sparrow selecting a birdhouse. The sizes and designs of birdhouses can influence which species choose which houses and the nesting success of cavity-nesting birds in your yard.
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Marcia Davis: Discourage house sparrows from moving in
Published 3/9/2013 at 1:27 p.m. 0 comments
If you fed house sparrows this winter, and they’re still around, you may have a birdhouse crisis looming. Native birds have enough trouble finding natural tree cavities and birdhouses for successful nests without people creating more problems caused by non-native ...
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Marcia Davis: Small ponds offer great views of redhead ducks
Published 3/2/2013 at 1:20 p.m. 1 comment
When spring waterfowl migration gets underway every February, the ducks that stop over to feed in small ponds may include a few redheads. This year is exceptional. Flocks of migrating redheads, uncommon in Knox County in winter, are stopping over ...
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Marcia Davis: Suet suits a wide range of backyard birds
Published 2/23/2013 at 1:19 p.m. 0 comments
Gary and Lois Thacker of Maryville are enjoying athletic performances by two birds trying to tackle a swinging suet feeder. No matter how hard they try, the robin and the cardinal just can’t seem to get a grip on the ...
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Marcia Davis: Habitats determine appearance of some winter sparrows
Published 2/16/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 0 comments
It takes more than the right seeds in the right bird feeder in the right place to attract some of Tennessee's less common winter sparrows.
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Marcia Davis: Bird Count expands to include backyards all over the world
Published 2/9/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 1 comment
After 15 successful years in the United States and Canada, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) will go global this year. Anyone, anywhere on earth, can participate by visiting www.birdcount.org to report the kinds and numbers of birds they see ...
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Marcia Davis: Birds find refuge in Florida's prairies, rangelands, wetlands
Published 2/2/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 0 comments
Prairies, rangelands and wetlands near bustling, sprawling Orlando are refuges for some of Florida's most threatened and endangered birds. Natural areas still exist for often-hard-to-find Florida birds like crested caracara, snail kite, red-cockaded woodpecker, limpkin and wood stork.
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Marcia Davis: Dickcissel provides surprise sizzle at winter feeder
Published 1/26/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 0 comments
It pays to take a close look and search for any unusual birds among the regulars at your bird feeders.
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Marcia Davis: Crow patrol works bird feeder beat
Published 1/19/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 0 comments
Got hawks? Get crows. That's Mike Kean's answer to hawk problems.
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Marcia Davis: Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival set for Jan. 19-20
Published 1/12/2013 at 12:00 p.m. 3 comments
The extraordinary concentration of Sandhill cranes every winter at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's (TWRA) Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County is nothing short of amazing.
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