Nature Notes: Caching Chickadees
As winter approaches, we are seeing many changes in our bird populations. Some birds, like robins, have formed large flocks and are slowly moving south. Others, like our juncos, have just recently arrived but are only passing through on their journey from northern Canada to southern Minnesota and beyond. Others who will remain here all winter are busily visiting our feeders. Birds essentially have two options when it comes to winter: they can migrate or they can stay. If they