Birds & Blooms - USA (2020-08 & 2020-09)

You can’t always lie down in bed and sleep. Heartburn, cardiac problems, hip or back aches – and dozens of other ailments and wo ...

ife really does fly by. Before I knew it, my 70s had arrived, and with them came some new gifts from dear ol’ Mother Nature— fre ...

AUGUST (^) I SEPTEMBER 2020 birdsandblooms.com 23 My neighbor grows sunflowers every year and opens up his fields to the communi ...

24 birdsandblooms.com AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 Every year I plant a few sunflowers for their beauty and as a treat for the birds. ...

Hummingbirds playing hide-and-seek among hosta flowers made for an interesting morning of photography. I had to use the fastest ...

One of my favorite North American wood warblers is the ovenbird. Its distinct song and appearance, as well as its characteristic ...

AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 birdsandblooms.com 27 During a trip to Lake Thunderbird State Park here in Oklahoma, I got to see this b ...

THE swallows OF summer Get acquainted with a family of graceful birds that are slowly becoming your newest neighbors. BY KENN AN ...

AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 birdsandblooms.com 29 F R O M L E F T :^ S T E V E A N D D A V E M A S L O W S K I; B R IA N Z W IE B E ...

30 birdsandblooms.com AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 C L O C K W IS E F R O M L E F T :^ R IC H A R D B U Q U O I;^ B O B K O T H E N B ...

AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 birdsandblooms.com 31 G R E G W .^ L A S L E Y /K A C P R O D U C T IO N S Cave swallow Cliff swallows s ...

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AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 birdsandblooms.com 33 Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman wait every summer to see if they’ll have tree swallows i ...

34 birdsandblooms.com AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 M E D IA M A R K E T IN G /S H U T T E R S T O C K M A ST ER Monarch on swamp milk ...

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36 birdsandblooms.com AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 “We recommend planting a diversity of native milkweeds and flowering plants to pro ...

BEST MILKWEEDS FOR YOUR REGION Monarch Joint Venture recommends these regional milkweed species. Download a fact sheet at monarc ...

38 birdsandblooms.com AUGUST I SEPTEMBER 2020 I TOOK THIS PHOTO of a clouded sulfur on a cosmos at my parents’ farm in western K ...

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I PLANTED MILKWEED after learning about the importance of saving our pollinators. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw so many ...