{"id":2030,"date":"2023-07-17T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2023-07-17T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:15:27","slug":"why-is-it-so-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/why-is-it-so-quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY IS IT SO QUIET?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we approach the middle of summer, things are quieting down a little at our feeders.\u00a0 Fledglings are learning to feed on their own and not depending on mom and dad as much.\u00a0 There still are still a few needy ones, but definitely not as many hungry cries coming from the young ones.\u00a0 This does exclude our vibrant little gold finches as they breed from July through to September.\u00a0 We still have their babies to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Credits to Ann Brokelman<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even though we may not be seeing as many birds, they\u2019re still in our neighborhoods, laying a little low, as they begin to molt and prepare for fall migration.\u00a0 Birds need to molt to keep themselves in good flying condition.\u00a0 Worn and damaged feathers are replaced by new ones.\u00a0 Molting for most of our songbirds begins after breeding season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are three different categories of molting – one complete molt, one complete and one partial, and two complete.\u00a0 The first category includes chickadees, cardinals, woodpeckers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, hawks, owls, swallows, jays, thrushes and vireos.\u00a0 The second category includes tanagers, buntings and warblers.\u00a0 This provides the warblers with their distinguished feathers for breeding in the spring.\u00a0 The third category has only two species, bobolinks and marsh wrens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s important to keep providing seeds high in protein, such as sunflower seeds\/hearts, peanuts and nyjer.\u00a0 Molting is a stressful time for our songbirds as it is taxing on their bodies.\u00a0 You will start to notice loose or patchy feathers, and even baldness on Blue Jays and Cardinals.\u00a0 This process begins in the later part of July and continues through August.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to keep your bird baths clean and fresh at this time of year.\u00a0 Try to clean them on a regular basis to avoid the \u2018green slime\u2019.\u00a0 You may even see some stray feathers floating in the water.\u00a0 Let\u2019s all help our feathered friends get through this stressful but necessary time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Summer Birding,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jane Paradis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Nature Store Brand Ambassador<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we approach the middle of summer, things are quieting down a little at our feeders.\u00a0 Fledglings are learning to feed on their own and not depending on mom and dad as much.\u00a0 There still are still a few needy ones, but definitely not as many hungry cries coming from the young ones.\u00a0 This does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[60,61,76,30,17],"class_list":["post-2030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-birdwatching","tag-canadawildbirding","tag-unsbirds","tag-unsblogs","tag-urbannaturestore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}