Bird Buddies
Fall weather is on the horizon, which hopefully means we will all be spending some more time outside. Perhaps you’re already a bird watcher, but if not, this article might pique your interest. Did you know that we… Read More
Tag: birds
The Truce About Beautyberries
Rebekah Heppner, Master Gardener Volunteer Trainee No, that’s not a typo. I don’t meant truth, I mean truce. As in the truce my cats (who live on the inside of my screen porch) and the birds (who live… Read More
Citizen science: surveying Florida scrub-jays
As a Florida native, I’ve become fascinated by our sole endemic bird: the Florida scrub jay. When offered the opportunity to help survey populations in the Sarasota area, I couldn’t resist, and by just 10:30am I had seen… Read More
Planting for Pollinators
Greener is not always better Yards with green grass and green hedges only, can make for a boring yard. Especially if they don’t have anything blooming. There actually is a lot more to it than that. Your yard… Read More
Hostetler Lab Shows How City Forests and Residential Areas Can Benefit Birds
by WEC 
By Katrina Rossos Often ignored, cities contain many small forest fragments and residential areas that offer tree canopy cover and a variety of native plants, which are both ideal environments for an array of species. “It’s evolved over… Read More
Conserving Bird Habitat in Cities
Bird habitats are affected by population and urban growth, but there are many opportunities to design and manage urban landscapes for a variety of birds. However, there is no simple evaluation tool that translates empirical research into… Read More
Them’s fighting birds: Study identifies other species’ influence on territorial aggression
Featured image above shows a tufted titmouse. Photo courtesy of Autumn Rose, Florida Museum of Natural History. Bird aggression often occurs between birds of the same species. However, a new study found that birds of both the… Read More
Them’s fighting birds: Study identifies other species’ influence on territorial aggression
Featured image above shows a tufted titmouse. Photo courtesy of Autumn Rose, Florida Museum of Natural History. Bird aggression often occurs between birds of the same species. However, a new study found that birds of both the… Read More
I Don’t Love Plants
Rebekah Heppner, Master Gardener Volunteer Trainee There, I said it. Yes, I’m a Master Gardener Volunteer, a trainee to be exact. But I don’t do this for the love of plants. I’m not kidding. I don’t really even… Read More
UF/IFAS hosts virtual Urban Landscape Summit, starting January 20
WHO: Faculty and administrators from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), along with landscape industry professionals. WHAT: Scott Angle, UF vice president for agriculture and natural resources and leader of UF/IFAS, will open… Read More