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Birdscaping [CANCELED]

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CANCELED!!!

Carolyn Wilcox, your home birdscaping consultant and wildlife guide for Experience Olympic (http://experienceolympic.com), will share her expertise from living on a small urban-forest edge lot in Port Angeles near Valley Creek. Many birds have accepted Carolyn’s invitation to winter over in her yard, including Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Fox Sparrow! In fact, her yard count currently stands at 65 species.  Carolyn will explain how to create varied bird habitat with dead wood (snags, nurse logs, brush piles), hedges, native plants, feeders, nest boxes, and water features - all while promoting the safe movement of birds throughout the surroundings. She will also cover ways to avoid rats, mice, and other interlopers. Come learn from Carolyn and begin to plan for a bird bonanza in your yard this season!