Art Lander’s Outdoors: Field Sparrows are abundant in KY and common visitors to backyard feeders
When you feed songbirds during the winter months sparrows are likely to come in droves. The little brown and tan…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Late fall and winter is ideal time for feeding songbirds, now is time to prepare
Everyone gets an up close look at our feathered friends when you feed songbirds during the fall and winter months….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The song sparrow is most common in central and eastern parts of Kentucky
The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a year-round resident, most common today in central and eastern Kentucky, absent or in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Once nearly absent in the state, the house wren now most abundant in NKY
The House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) has the distinction of being one of the very few songbirds that were rare or…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Wildlife habitat management is year-round, winter is a good time for many chores
Habitat work on a property being managed for wildlife is a year-round proposition. Weather permitting, winter is a good time…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: North American bird population trends — the good news and the bad
The recently released State of the Birds report for the U.S. reveals two population trends, one hopeful, one dire. Long-term…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: An early spring migrant, the Eastern Phoebe nests here, heads south for winter
Editor’s note: This is the twelfth article in an occasional series about Kentucky songbirds. The Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) nests…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Unexplained spring illness that plagued region’s songbirds remains a mystery
The onset of cold weather is when many homeowners begin feeding songbirds in windowsill and backyard feeders. There’s less natural…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Northern Flicker a frequent winter visitor to Kentucky’s backyard bird feeders
As the first day of winter approaches, and we get hard freezes and our first snows, homeowners begin feeding songbirds…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A friendly bird, the Tufted Titmouse is known for crested head, distinctive song
This is the last in a series of articles about small songbirds often seen around bird feeders in rural and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A gravity-defying busy little bird, the White-breasted Nuthatch puts on a show
Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a series about small songbirds most often seen around bird feeders in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Carolina Chickadees are year-round residents that brighten the dreariest of days
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series about small songbirds most often seen around bird feeders in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Dark-eyed Junco — It’s a sure sign of cold weather when this snowbird arrives
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about small songbirds most often seen around bird feeders…
Gayle Pille: Feisty house Wrens are a backyard favorite — they come and go and make great song
One of our most anticipated backyard migrants is the House Wren. Arriving here around Earth Day, these feisty LBJ’s (little…
Gayle Pille: Please stop kidnapping those baby birds; leave them be — they are trying to grow up
Songbird rehabilitator Ginger Rood has a request for folks – stop kidnapping baby birds! Ginger, Northern Kentucky’s only songbird rehabilitator,…