How Do Birds Survive The Winter? By Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Bernd Heinrich

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<<It seems logical that most birds flee the northern regions to overwinter somewhere warmer, such as the tropics. Their feat of leaving their homes, navigating and negotiating often stupendous distances twice a year, indicates their great necessity of avoiding the alternative—of staying and enduring howling snowstorms and subzero temperatures.

Carol O’Meara: Garden gazing ball predicts busy 2021

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As a little girl, I thought the ornaments in my grandparents’ garden were old-fashioned to the point of being fogey, for example… the green gazing ball nestled in the roses didn’t inspire my preteen mind to anything other than an eye-roll.

Now that I’m older I have more appreciation for garden tchotchke and the gazing ball has made a comeback, and I admit, I can see why.