Tim Spera News Today

February promises to be a snowy month.

Marian Harman In this winter of our COVID discontent, we have something exciting to look for at our feeders. According to the National Audubon website, this winter is “one of the biggest irruption years of boreal birds in recent memory.” As you have no doubt noticed, conifers have “mast” years when cones are plentiful and other years when they produce very few cones. Conifers’ primary predators are squirrels and it is thought that these irregular cycles of lean years keep the populati...