Field Notes – New Hope Bird Alliance Blog

Nick Harper manages a cattle farm to create create biodiverse, chemical-free pastures and a healthy ecosystem. – by Catherine Bollinger

Find out about our work with Durham toward designating it a Bird-Friendly Community. -By Lynn Richardson

How you can help create a Homegrown National Park starting in your own yard. – By Jim George

Jim finds an old book on his bookshelf on passalong plants and encourages us to keep up the tradition. – By Jim George

You need to think of your whole yard as part of your pollinator garden from canopy-sized trees to understory trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses. – By Catherine Bollinger

In healthy garden ecosystems, plants can usually deal with occasional pests. – By Norm Budnitz

In Part 4, we look at the populations of several species we have been monitoring for 43 years in the Jordan Lake count circle that have been increasing. – Norm Budnitz

In Part 3 we look at several species that we have been monitoring for the past 43 years that have shown signs of declining populations. – By Norm Budnitz

Part 2 in this series looks at woodpeckers, a group of birds that includes species that inhabit upland and river bottom habitats, deciduous and pine woodlands, wetlands, and residential areas. – By Norm Budnitz

This is the first in a series of blog articles presenting the bird count data from the Jordan Lake Spring and Christmas Bird Counts. – By Norm Budnitz