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The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 3 - Insect-Eating Birds Supported by Nest Boxes and Buildings Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Determine which birds are present on a farm Evaluate various nest boxes and make recommendations Identify where to install and not install boxes Monitor boxes Info […]
Join Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Schmidt to learn about the International Crane Foundation’s whooping crane reintroduction and community building efforts in Wisconsin and beyond. The whooping crane is a charismatic wetland species and a large white bird around 5 feet tall, making it the tallest bird in North America. In the 1940s the population […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 4 - Rodent-Eating Birds Supported by Nest Boxes, Platforms and Perches Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: • Understand that raptors can meaningfully reduce rodent pests • Know a few raptor species that provide natural pest control • Recommend the best features […]
Birds in North America are facing considerable population decline, with over half of all species declining in the past half-century. This is particularly true for the Golden-winged Warbler, a neotropical songbird that has experienced over a 70% population decline since 1966. Due to their imperiled status, they are currently being considered for listing under the […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 6 - Co-Existing and Making Farms Safe for Birds Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Explain livestock situations that are bigger or smaller risks of being sources of pathogens for birds, which could then be deposited on food. Give reasons why birds […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 7 - Making the Most of Birds’ Diet and Foraging Strategies Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Differentiate between insectivores, carnivores and omnivores. Distinguish between aerial, tree, shrub and ground foraging birds. Evaluate the different roles birds play based on when, what […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 8 - Farmscape and Landscape Features Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Explain why farms with semi-natural and natural habitat support more avian pest control than intensive farms. Recommend hedgerows and edge habitat for supporting beneficial birds. Discuss with farmers or neighbors […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 9 - Seeing the Land Through the Eyes of Birds Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Describe the different types of cover requirements. Explain why water and food resources are critical year-round. Share how plants support insect food for birds, especially caterpillars. […]
The Role of Birds on the Farm Course: Lesson 10 - Prioritizing What Birds Prefer Info here.
The goal of this course is to learn to identify and monitor raptors during migration. We will especially focus on learning how to identify raptors in flight; that is how we are most likely to see them during their autumn migration. Many field guides are useful for identifying a perched raptor, but the birds when […]
October 11 – November 1 (Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm each week) In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United States and Canada, across every ecosystem, and including some of the most abundant and familiar bird species. In this course we will examine how we […]
Join Julie Hill, Horticulture Outreach Specialist from UW-Madison Division of Extension, to learn how you can create a bird-friendly yard. There are many benefits to both wildlife and people when you prioritize the needs of birds where you garden. We will talk about gardening practices you can do throughout the year to encourage bird visitors, […]
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