Small songbirds need shelter from winter's bitter cold. Story by Neil Garrison • 2mo. B luebirds are a welcome addition to our home's backyard.

Songbirds have a weapon for understanding risks: ... “The proportion of small birds relative to small mammals in the diet of the northern pygmy owl almost doubles from spring to summer, ...

But was it really a slow migration? It is true that since the 1970’s we have lost a 30% mass of birds overall, a huge loss that continues. Therefore, we won’t see as we once would.

Small songbirds like white-crowned sparrows are “incapable of swallowing large seeds such as corn or soybean,” Fischer wrote in an email. However, ...