Posted by Grange Co-op on 27th Feb 2015
Male & Female: A 7 inch brown sparrow with a gray breast and a bold black and white striped crown. Pinkish to yellow bill and legs.
NESTING:
Nesting begins in May in the western half of Oregon. Female builds a cup nest placed on the ground or in a small tree or shrub. It is a bulky nest of grasses, twigs, plant stems, lined with finer grasses, hair, and feathers. Female incubates 3-5 russet marked pale blue or green eggs. Males take… Read more
Posted by Grange Co-op on 21st Feb 2015
Male: Red crown touches white forehead.
Female: Red on back half of crown separated from white forehead with black.
In Flight: note white rump and white patch near tip of wing. Flaps and glides.… Read more
Posted by Grange Co-op on 16th Feb 2015
Below are some interesting facts about hummingbirds:
Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world.
An average hummingbird consumes half its weight in sugar each day.
If an average man had a metabolism comparable to that of a hummingbird, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger every day to maintain his weight.
Hummingbirds feed 5 to 8 times each hour, but for about 30 to 60 seconds at a time.
A hummingbird's heart beats 1,260… Read more
Posted by Grange Co-op on 11th Feb 2015
1) Create a brush pile. Take fallen and pruned branches from trees and shrubs on your property and loosely stack them in an area where they will not be obtrusive to you or your neighbors. The pile should be about 6 ft. x 6 ft. to attract the birds. It should always be airy and have lots of open spaces that birds can flit in and out. Birds will use these piles for cover against harsh elements, they will eat the insects among the decaying branch… Read more