What to do when a bird is trapped indoors by Dr. Jim Kellam Ornithologist at Saint Vincent College I got an email this morning from a professor in the English Department. He said there was a bird in a classroom.…
Dr. Jim Kellam likes to Tell Bird Stories “Jim! The Hays Eagle just had an egg hatch!” called my wife from the living room in early 2014. For days before, she and her elementary school students had been watching the…
Are your bird feeders being overrun by European starlings? Have you tried everything to get rid of them and still have starlings? If so, you are not alone. The European starling is an invasive species and are usually an unwelcome…
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Gray Catbirds are described as medium sized, chunky birds (chunky bird, too cute! 😻). Mostly slate gray with a black cap and rusty red underparts. Catbirds are common, but secretive, hanging out in viney thickets and…
New bluebirds box design for our new HD box cameras Here’s a new songbird box design we have been working on for the new HD cameras we installed in the owl boxes this year. We needed to increase the height…