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Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Protecting pollinator populations is key for phoebes, other birds Bees retrieve pollen from an azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s yard in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Jessica Tanner cleans out dead stems from her pollinator garden at her home in Northampton. She leaves the stems all winter so insects can live in them throughout the cold months and hatch in the spring. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Bees retrieve pollen from an Azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s y...

If you haven’t heard, Saturday is the Big Day.  Not just any big day.  it’s the Global Big Day. If you haven’t heard of it, Cornell Labs celebrates World Migratory Bird Day by asking people to go look for birds.  You make a note of what birds and how many of each you see, and report your observations online.  All those reports are tallied up and help give researchers an idea of what types of birds are out there and where they are. Last year, there were more than 50,000 people from 175 different countries that took part, which was a record.  Hopefully, they get more this year.

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Protecting pollinator populations is key for phoebes, other birds Bees retrieve pollen from an azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s yard in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Jessica Tanner cleans out dead stems from her pollinator garden at her home in Northampton. She leaves the stems all winter so insects can live in them throughout the cold months and hatch in the spring. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Bees retrieve pollen from an Azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s y...

With students across the globe, those in the Midwest are hopeful to spot a broad range of bird species despite the weather being uncooperative. Many of the students have had to fight the “Although cold weather has been the biggest challenge … I have had the most success when I go out to the local nature sanctuary,” Sevier said. “Just because that is just enough to not be effected by the suburban infrastructure. I typically see more birds than what I would see around my house.” Despite the cold weather and urban conditions, students have been able to spot many different species of b...