Each spring for many years on the last three Sundays in April and the first three Sundays in May at 7:30 A.M. (unless noted otherwise in the Schedule) the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Metroparks,...
The smallest of our winter birds at just 0.2oz (you could mail 5 of them for one stamp!). Can survive down to -40F by lowering its body temperature at night.
Was that a mouse scampering through the dense cover of the forest? Winter Wrens move quickly in search of insects and sometimes fruit. Just 0.3oz!
Not a great picture …but it shows the Chickadee making use of the magic of down insulation on the coldest days. Fluffing feathers creates ‘dead air’ that insulates this 0.4oz bird.
Getting enough high-energy insects is how these active, tiny birds survive the winter. They weigh just 0.4oz each.
These medium-size owls are crepuscular, hunting at the first and last light of day over open fields. They are the most widely distributed owl in the world, eating mostly small mammals.
Born on the tundra and raised on a diet of lemmings and other small mammals, Rough-legged Hawks come to ‘the lower 48’ for winter and enjoy a diet of voles, mice and shrews caught on large, open expanses like prairies and even airports.
Widely distributed over N. America, we see more harriers during winter, coursing low over fields in search of small mammals and birds of all types.
This small falcon specializes hunting small birds. In winter it is often found in large, old cemeteries that have a variety of vegetation, and which are bordered by neighborhoods containing lots of bird feeders.
