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December 2019

There's a lot to love in the December 2019 issue of WBB! Contributor Alvah Sanborn profiles the yellow-bellied sapsucker and explains why this clown of the woods more than deserves a second look. Last winter, in an attempt to attract a wider variety of bird species to his yard, BWD's Bruce Wunderlich added suet feeders to his backyard feeding stations. It worked! Read his observations of his "new neighbors," the woodpeckers. Also, author, artist, and naturalist Julie Zickefoose recounts stories of sharp-shinned hawks hunting songbirds in her backyard. In a funny way, she's rooting for both hunter and prey. Find all this and more in WBB!
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Species Profile: A Different Drummer: Listening to Sapsuckers by Alvah Sanborn
Watcher at the Window: The Delicate Dance Between Diner and Dinner by Julie Zickefoose
Readers Write: Refections on an Unwanted Deposit by Gene James
My Backyard: My Neighbors, the Woodpeckers by Bruce Wunderlich
Bad Weather, Good Birds by Eirik A.T. Blom
Ask Birdsquatch
Short Stories from Al by Al Batt
The Winter of My Mockingbird by Jackie Berkebile

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