Feeding Wild Birds in Winter - Squaring the popular practice with conservation ethics
By Sherry Lyons I love feeding birds in the wintertime! Seeing their colorful plumage against the snow - the cardinals, cedar waxwings, bluebirds and woodpeckers are brilliant. They keep me entertained with their antics, pushing each other off the perches in order to get to the sunflower seeds and mealworms, fluffed up against the cold. Their calls are unique and easily recognizable when you really listen, chickadees and downy woodpeckers making a happy counterpoint in the music of my day....
