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The Virginia Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program

 

The Virginia Important Bird Areas Program was initiated to help ensure the protection of the most essential places for birds in our state. The Virginia Audubon Council partnered with the Virginia Society of Ornithology, the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, and the National Audubon Society to establish the program in 2002.  Our Chapter is currently considering the adoption of one of these identified areas in our region.  Click on the underlined link below for more information on the IBA Program.

 

Let us know if you'd like to get involved with this program!

 

http://www.vabci.org/statewide.asp

 

 

What Birds Do You See?

 

Pileated Woodpecker photo by Dr. Joe Mikus

Have you heard the tweets, chirps and cackles in the early morning just before sunrise?  Have you watched the birds visiting to your yard, feeder and birdbath?  Birds are everywhere!

 

Local birds to watch for:

 

 - Blue Jay                               - Red-winged Blackbird            - wintering Juncos

 - American Goldfinch            - House Sparrow                        - Pine Siskin

 - Purple Martin                      - Gray Catbird

 - Eastern Bluebird                  - Tufted Titmouse

 - Northern Mockingbird        - Black-capped Chickadee

 - House Finch                        - Northern Flicker

 

What birds have you seen in your yard? 

Visit a local park or the VA State Arboretum to see more! 

 

 

 

FEEDERS THAT ATTRACT SPECIFIC BIRDS

(from the US Fish & Wildlife Service (http://library.fws.gov/Bird_Publications/feed.html#4)

 

 

TUBE FEEDER WITH BLACK OIL SUNFLOWER                              
   goldfinches                        chickadees
   woodpeckers                     nuthatches
   titmice                                redpolls, pine siskins


ADDING A TRAY TO THE TUBE FEEDER WILL ALSO ATTRACT
    cardinals                            jays
   crossbills                           purple finches
   white-throated sparrow     house finches
   white-crowned sparrows


TRAY OR PLATFORM FEEDER -- WITH MILLET
    doves                                  house sparrows                                                       
   blackbirds                           juncos                                                                      
   cowbirds                             towhees
   white-throated sparrows     tree sparrows
   white-crowned sparrows    chipping sparrows


TRAY OR PLATFORM FEEDER -- WITH CORN
    starlings                             house sparrows
   grackles                             jays
   juncos                                bobwhite quail
   doves                                ring-necked pheasants
   white-throated sparrows


PLATFORM FEEDER OR TUBE FEEDER AND TRAY -- with PEANUTS
    cardinals                            chickadees
   grackles                             house finches
   titmice                                house sparrows
   sparrows                            starlings
   mourning doves                 white-throated sparrows
   jays                                    juncos


NIGER THISTLE FEEDER WITH TRAY
    goldfinches                         house finches
   purple finches                     redpolls
   pine siskins                         doves
   chickadees                         song sparrows
   dark-eyed juncos                white-throated sparrows


NECTAR FEEDER
    hummingbirds                     orioles
   cardinals                             tanagers
   woodpeckers                      finches
   thrushes


FRUIT
    orioles                                tanagers
   mockingbirds                     bluebirds
   thrashers                           cardinals
   woodpeckers                     jays
   starlings                             thrushes
   cedar waxwings                 yellow-breasted chats


HANGING SUET FEEDER
   woodpeckers                     wrens
   chickadees                        nuthatches
   kinglets                              thrashers
   creepers                            cardinals
   starlings


PEANUT BUTTER SUET
    woodpeckers                    goldfinches
   juncos                               cardinals
   thrushes                            jays
   kinglets                             bluebirds
   wrens                               starlings


HANGING PEANUT FEEDER
    woodpeckers
   chickadees
   titmice

 

**** Don’t forget to provide fresh water for your bird friends in addition to food.  A wide, shallow metal pan with a lip (such as a baking pan) at least 2 inches deep and not deeper than 3 inches can serve as a makeshift bird bath and watering hole.  Place in a sunny spot near your feeder with some large stones in the bottom.  Change the water in the pan every 3-4 days and clean once a week or so.

 

Questions?  Want to help & don't know how? 

Have an idea or information about an upcoming event or program?

 

Email us!  shenandoahaudubon@yahoo.com

 

Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society

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Last modified: January 14, 2012