A suet log bird feeder is a great way to attract birds that are clinger feeders to your backyard, especially Red Bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, White Breasted Nuthatches or Black Capped Chickadees. Suet log feeders are commercially available, …
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 29 to officially open the Byam Outdoor Learning Center in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Located in Byam Elementary School’s central courtyard, the Learning Center will be used as an outdoor classroom with an emphasis on ecology, biology, gardening, wildlife habitats, and recycling and reusing.
The Learning Center includes a variety of bird feeders, bird houses, a birdhouse video camera system, a wireless weather station, rain guage, butterfly garden and solar bird bath. In the future, the Learning Center will be expanded to include an herb garden and composting center.
The transformation from courtyard to Outdoor Learning Center was made possible by volunteer efforts, donations from local businesses, and a grant from the Chelmsford Arts and Technology Fund.
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This recylcled garden bird feeder is a great DIY project for kids of all ages. Materials include a repurposed plastic soda or juice bottle, a stick, some string for hanging and bird seed. Assembly requires adult supervision for making holes …
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The world recently got bigger for 36 New Bedford teenagers. The youths spent their summer participating in a jobs program that taught them important job-readiness skills and how to care for the environment, thanks to a partnership between NorthStar Learning Centers, a New Bedford-based minority nonprofit organization, and Mass Audubon’s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in South Dartmouth. Over a seven-week period, these members of the Green Brigade divided their time providing stewardship at Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and creating the Sacred Green Space and the State Street Community Garden from vacant lots in New Bedford low-income neighborhoods.
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We had a strange visitor to the butterfly bushes at the Byam Learning Garden the other day. At first, it appeared as though a smaller than usual hummingbird had found our newly planted butterfly bushes. But after closer inspection we discovered the visitor was not a bird at all, but an insect – more specifically a hummingbird moth.
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September 4, 2009
New England Birdhouse is building custom bird houses and bird feeders for the new Learning Garden at The Byam School. This outdoor learning center is located in the Chelmsford, Massachusetts elementary school’s central courtyard and is visible from large windows …
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