2017-10-01 Birds & Bloom

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OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 birdsandblooms.com 23 BIRD TALES Fly Into Fall As the weather gets chilly and the air crisp, birds l ...

24 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 BIRD TALES There were hundreds of these birds stripping nearby berry bushes on ...

One morning, I was watching this snowy egret search for food in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The bird used its foot to stir up the groun ...

BIRD TALES 26 birdsandblooms.com This pileated woodpecker landed on a stump near my home and immediately began searching for foo ...

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28 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 BIRD TALES After the first cold front of the year, I headed to a local lake fo ...

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backyard come to life as owls swoop through the night skies.BY KEN KEFFER Nocturnal Neighbors JOHN GILL CUTE ROOST BARRED OWLS P ...

hen the sun goes down and the streetlights turn on, most owls’ days are just getting started. These mysterious birds like to kee ...

32 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 BURROWING OWLS An oddity in the owl world, burrowing owls are among the few sp ...

BARRED OWLS Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you allll? This is the eerie- sounding call of the barred owl, heard throughout for ...

GREAT HOR NED OW LS Equally comfortable nesting in the cactuses of the Desert Southwest as in the forests of the far north, the ...

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36 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 Meteor sedum’s bright pink blooms attract all kinds of pollinators, like these ...

For easy care and spectacular beauty, try surprisingly diverse sedum. BY JULIE DRYSDALE n autumn, the earthy colors of the seaso ...

38 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 Sun: Full sun is best, although partial shade is tolerable in hotter areas. So ...

BEST FOR BORDERS Autumn Joy sedum transforms from a pretty pink in summer to a rusty copper in fall.. Brilliant (Hylotelephium s ...

40 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017 ornamental grasses or blade-leaved favorites like irises and daylilies (whose ...