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  • No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard (Take a Walk series)
    No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard (Take a Walk series)
    by Jane Kirkland

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December 15, 2011 | Unregistered Commentergreen card course
hi this is me Brandon Auty I was wondering about falcons can you help me?

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August 5, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterjane
hi Jane,
I found a hurt dove in my backyard and it cant fly. Other animals have been tried to get it. it dose have a mate and nest a crow chased it out of its nest and the dove fell to the grown then i caught it. what should i do now?

Thanks Sarah

Sarah
Put the dove back on the nest. Then look for "wildlife rehabilitator" in your phone book or online. Call the one closest to yu and they will probably take the dove. Be prepared to take it to them, though. These places are ususally not staffed sufficiently to send someone to pick the dove up. Thanks for your efforts!
Jane
May 1, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSarah
I am trying to procure the following poster to plants and animals of Eastern Schoolyards .... where may I find it?

Thanks,

Luke.
December 5, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterL. Perkins
Hi Spencer
Don't give them sugar cereals or cereals with food coloring. Most human food is not well suited for wild birds - it becomes empty calories and offers little in what they really need. Offer a small amount and mix it in with bird seed. Thanks for writing Spencer and Happy Holidays to you!
Jane

Hi Jane,
I have a question for you. My mom has some boxes of stale cereal and she wanted to give it to the birds in the backyard. Are there any cereals that are not good for birds (besides the high sugar ones)?

thank you,

Spencer
November 28, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSpencer Malinish
Jason
I have only one local supplier. It might be too far for you to travel. But I suggest you try Pickering Feed in Lionville PA. If they don't have the fish you want, they might be able to recommend someone closer to you.
http://www.pickeringvalleystore.com/index.htm
February 8, 2010 | Registered CommenterJane Kirkland
Hi Jane, I know this isn't your specialty area, but I'm hoping you have a commection in "back yard ponds." I need to find a VERY large orange comet goldfish ASAP. It's beyond the normalpond season, so there's just not muchout there - especially in Cecil County!
February 6, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJason
Hi Ginny
You might have heard that I've been out of the office for many weeks. I actually had heart bypass surgery. I'm now offically back to work, healthy and even better than ever!

Regarding the bluebirds, it's not unusual to see them here (Philly area) during the winter. More and more bluebirds are wintering over and they often gather in large groups (more eyes to help find food and keep safe from predators). Whether or not our feeders have anything to do with their decision - if birds winter over it is because there is food available. With wildlife, it's always about the food.

Winter is a great time to photograph tham at your feeder. Enjoy your bluebirds - in another month they'll pair off and start finding and claiming their own territories.
February 1, 2010 | Registered CommenterJane Kirkland
On Dec. 15 I saw several bluebirds at our feeders and suet, and again on Dec. 20 after the snowstorm. They seem to hang out with the goldfinches. Is it unusual to see bluebirds at this time of year in a suburb about 20 mi. NW of Philly? Thanks!
December 21, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGinny
Hi Dawn, Garrett, and Caroline
So sorry not to respond sooner. I've been on the road. I honestly don't know anyone that has fish in their ponds around here - we have too many Great Blue Heron in the area. I feel terrible - poor fish - poor kids - poor grandparents. Please let me know how you make out?

BTW we settled on "Bodie" also "Buddy" for our new dog. Thanks for your name suggestions!
September 12, 2009 | Registered CommenterJane Kirkland
Hi Jane, I know this isn't your specialty area, but I'm hoping you have a commection in "back yard ponds." I need to find a VERY large orange comet goldfish ASAP. It's beyond the normalpond season, so there's just not muchout there - especially in Cecil County!
Our family pet, Orange - the most expensive feeder fish on the planet - outgrew her tank. Orange is (was) a high-maintenance creature, requiring weekly water changes in her 10-gallon tank just to stay healthy. I wish I had a nickel for every fungal tablet iI dropped in that tank! Caroline wanted a bigger tank, but was finally convinced that what Orange really needed was a pond.
Well, that little girl interviewed every pond-owner in the family, taking copius notes and earning a reputation as a tough investigative reporter. She finally decided that "Baba's Pond' was best, because it was the clearest, was kept heated in the winter, and was virtually devoid of neighboring cats. Besides, "Grandpa knows all about how to keep fish healthy."
Well, as you've already surmised, Orange did not survive the transition - and Baba - my mother - is devastated. I think I need to find a replacement for her, more than for my seven-year-old.
So - to cut this long story short - you don't know where I can find a large, orange, preferably female (she was big enough that we could actually tell!) comet, do you? Nothing fancy - just a plain goldfish, just very big - her body was about as long as your hand, with a long, single tail about the same length. I know her size perfectly - she would swim into my ands to be fed!
Sorry to ramble, I hope you can help us find a fishy!
Thanks,
Dawn Dorsett, Garrett and Caroline
September 1, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDawn Dorsett (Garrett's Mom)

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