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June 10 Final Wild Birds Unlimited ® 8402 Old Sauk Rd., Middleton, WI 53562, 608-664-1414 www.wbumadison.com BIRD Tracks June 2010 Issue #24.6 The Father Bird’s Role in Raising Their Young Dear Friends of Nature: You can help these dads be successful by providing This month, your yard will become home to a new appropriate food and water all Summer. Good choices would generation of birds. Already, we are hearing reports of newly be high-protein foods like Summer Blend, mealworms, fledged Bluebirds, and Robins. As you watch the fledglings peanuts, Bark Butter® and suet. These energy-packed foods chase their parents, beg for food and learn the necessary will entice your birds and their young back to your yard. The skills to survive in their new young birds will learn the world, look for the presence, location of your bird food or absence, of father birds. and begin to make return Adult male birds' roles in trips on their own. raising their young differ Stop by the store this greatly from one species to month to take advantage of another. For example, male your coupon and the best Hummingbirds do nothing to prices on the best bird food help raise the young, their in town. only contribution is to mate Since Summer is the with the female. Chickadee most abundant season for and Nuthatch males feed birds to visit feeders, by their mates while they are continuing to feed your incubating and brooding, but birds, you will encourage the both adults feed the young. Male Scarlet Tanager that hit our window last year. He new parents to bring their The Bird Father of the revived and was able to fly away. To see his spectacular young to your yard with their Year Award goes to the color, visit our website, www.wbumadison.com . interesting, and sometimes Downy Woodpecker. Though comical, behaviors to they share daytime nest duties with their female counterparts, observe and enjoy. Summer provides a fascinating only males incubate and brood at night and roost in the nest opportunity to see adult birds feeding and interacting with until their offspring fledge. Downy males will also help feed their young, and it’s an experience that you do not want to the young after they leave the nest and assist in leading them miss. to food sources such as backyard bird feeders where the young can grow strong on suet you provide. Happy Birding! In the bird world it’s the father’s who get most of the Bob & Jan Ross attention. Being the more brightly colored and visible of the pair, the male bird has specific functions that are intended to For Pat, Sharon, Marta, Meghan, Heather, Jim, Jean, increase the success of the species. His brightly colored Patrick, Barb, Steve, Stephanie, and Tom plumage increases his chances of finding a suitable mate, Your backyard Birdfeeding Specialists at and defending and maintaining his territory, an area that has Wild Birds Unlimited abundant food, water and shelter to raise youngsters. Saturday, June 26th, 10:30 am With Scott Craven Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin Would you like to discover the secret lives of these gentle mammals? Learn how helping bats will help you and your gardens, how you can tap into this natural insect exterminator, what good are bats anyway?, where bats live, do they hibernate, and why bats hang upside down. This seminar is FREE, but space is limited. Call us at (608) 664-1414 to reserve your seat. 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