The Question: I am in Toledo, Ohio. A couple of times a day, the area around my bird feeder is visited by a flock of sparrows that also includes 4-5 female and 3 male cardinals. At first I thought it was a coincidence. But they...
Read MoreThe Question: Whenever I walk by this certain house, there’s a noticeable smell, like vinegar, but more chemical. Very hard to pinpoint the source. Now at the same time, they had a giant white oak cut down, and some of the...
Read MoreThe Question: I found the dearest little nest a few days ago. This graceful nest hangs just above the ground beside a path in the local woods. It was perhaps a foot off the ground and was pendulous like an oriole nest. It was...
Read MoreThe Question: I recently began heating the water in my birdbath. Yesterday 3-4 starlings were splashing and rolling in the water, having a ball. Meanwhile, freezing rain was falling from the sky, and the temperature hovered...
Read MoreAfter an embarassingly long hiatus, I’m hoping to get back to answering questions this week. A reader recently notified me that the contact and question submission forms weren’t working on the site. I wondered why...
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