Tag Archives: Birds

There are measures you can take to help your backyard birds in cold winter weather. Lynne Maddux is a coordinator with the Cookeville Bluebird Club. Maddux said providing food, clean bird baths and shelter are ways to help. “If you’re feeding seed in a seed feeder, you just really need to remember filling that everyday,” Maddux said. “The birds that ... Read More »

The presents are gone and the ornaments are up, but what should you do with that live Christmas tree? If you do not want to trash it, Van Buren County Ag Extension Director Chris Binkley said the foliage has many other uses that can benefit nature. “Christmas trees make a nice bird habitat,” Binkley said. “You put them out in ... Read More »