If you plan to dissect a turkey this Thanksgiving, here is some basic bird biology that may enrich your experience.
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The Scouts of Bear Den Pack 9 completed their achievement requirement of making bird houses.
The Scouts of the Pack 9 Bear Den completed their achievement requirement of building bird houses. This effort included the use of many tools, planning and building, with the final step of painting the houses. The Scouts plan to deploy the birdhouses around their homes to house birds for shelter and future observation. The Scouts built some great houses and had a great time building. Many thanks is expressed to Paul Newberry for leading the event and providing great Scout leadership.
Nancy Youngdahl's latest children's book is "Remembering Joseph Chickadee." [Photo submitted]
Chickadees often build nests in the ferns on Nancy and Skip Youngdahl's Mebane porch. "Then I can't water the fern because it would hurt the baby chickadees, so the fern dies," she said. Bird wat…