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Bird watching is fun!! Finding and identifying different birds can be easy (almost everyone knows birds like Blue Jays, Robins, and Hummingbirds) or not so easy. You can learn to identify birds by carefully observing a bird's habitat (such as lake or pond, forest, or field), field marks (like color or colors), size and shape, & behavior (such as feeding on the ground or climbing up or down the trunk of a tree).

You can attract and watch birds in your yard by providing appropriate food, water, and habitats. Bushes and dense hedges protect birds from predators, provide perches, and are home to insects, which are great bird food. Colorful flowers also attract hummingbirds. Bird houses are fun to make and attract many nesting birds.

Seeds (especially sunflower and millet) and suet are high-energy bird foods. Kids can make a simple bird feeder by attaching a short length of string to a pine cone, covering the pine cone with a peanut butter mixture (1/2 cup peanut butter mixed with 2 1/2 cups cornmeal or uncooked oats), rolling it in seeds, then hanging it from a tree branch. 

If you attract birds to your yard or see some neat birds somewhere else, let us know (send e-mail to gary.ritchison@eku.edu)!!

And, when you're not watching birds, check out these great web sites:

If you've found some neat sites that you think other kids would enjoy, let us know (e-mail gary.ritchison@eku.edu) & we'll add them to this list!!!