Ken revisits a show from last year with Ohio’s Birdman
Jim McCormac visits again to answer some questions.
– The sight of a robin used be the first sign of spring, but now I see them all year round. What’s up with that?
(Hint: exotic fruit — and it’s dangerous.)
– Are the robins we see in winter the same ones that were here in the summer? 
– Is it bad to feed birds in winter? Will that cause some birds to stop migrating?
– Do all birds migrate?
– What are some of the birds I might see passing though during winter migration? (Hint: Golden-crowned Kinglet, right, photo by Tim Daniel, Ohio Division of Wildlife.)
– I saw a crow with a white feather. Is that possible?
– What about those raptors – eagles, hawks, what do they find to eat in winter?
– North America’s counterpart to the biodiversity of Costa Rica is..?
Listen to this week’s show to discover the answers to those questions and learn a lot more about our feathered friends in winter.
Check out Jim’s fantastic blog: Ohio Birds and Biodiversity
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Another great show. You asked very good questions and there were many interesting surprises in the answers.
I’m with you Ken on the idea of using more woody plants, I love the buds and bud-break as much as all their other features.
Nothing has brought more and a greater variety of birds to my yard than the shrub borders, which each season have been being cut and edited to include more of all these beautiful native shrubs. (Though I did just have to have Cornus Mas ‘Golden Glory’