AN ONLINE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON NATIVE ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF KANSAS provided by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism 1994-2014 • Kansas Bird Feeders (June 2002) • Kansas Bird Feeders (February 2012) • Kansas Bird Houses (September 2002) • Kansas Bird Houses (February 2012) • Native Species (February 11, 2008) • Native Species (August 11, 2011) • Scott State Lake Plant Checklist (September 2002) • Kansas Bluebirds (October 2003) • Kansas Bluebirds (June 2011) • Box Turtles in Kansas (March 2003) • Box Turtles in Kansas (August 2013) • Keeping Kansas Reptiles and Amphibians (February 2006) • Do them a favor. Leave them alone! (March 2002) • Do them a favor. Leave them alone! (May 2014) • Cheyenne Bottoms Shorebird Viewing Guide (2006?) • Cheyenne Bottoms Driving Tour (March 2007) • Cheyenne Bottoms Reptiles, Turtles & Amphibians (March 2007) • Birds of Cheyenne Bottoms (January 2009) • Birds of Cheyenne Bottoms (July 2013) • Cheyenne Bottoms Mammals (March 2007) • Cheyenne Bottoms Mammals (December 2014) • Birds of Wilson Reservoir (May 2009) • Birds of Wilson Reservoir (February 2013) • Kansas Darters [Poster] (2010?) • Kansas Mussels [Poster] (2010?) • Kansas Aquatic Turtles [Poster] (2012?) • Kansas Crayfish [Poster] (2012?) • A Refuge in the City: Backyard Wildlife Guide (1994?) • Attracting Hummingbirds & Butterflies (March 2002) • Attracting Hummingbirds & Butterflies (February 2012) • Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (March 2006) • Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (February 2012) • Kansas 2009 Winter Bird Feeder Survey (January 2009) • Kansas 2014 Winter Bird Feeder Survey (January 2013) • Notice of State Wildlife Grant Applications and Deadlines (2009) • The Chickadee Checkoff (December 2006) • The Chickadee Checkoff (December 2014) Kinds of Bird Feeders KANSAS Hummingbird Feeders Bird Feeders Seed Hoppers & Window-Whelf Feeders Suet Sticks & Bin Feeders Bags Feeders Platform Feeders Sponsored by CHICKADEE CHECKOFF Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 06/02 www.kdwp.state.ks.us You may want to provide mixes of cracked containers can provide water but must be Bird Feeding corn and sunflower seeds with some millet and renewed often. Small pools should only be a thistle. few inches Try to avoid milo unless you want to attract deep and have Inviting Birds to house sparrows. Put out suet to attract chick- Feeding Suggestions bottoms that Dinner adees, nuthatches and woodpeckers. slope gradually Hummingbirds can be found in many parts Best ● from the edge. Most It doesn’t take a lot of the state and many migrate through Kansas Good ❍ yards can accommo- of money and supplies in the spring and fall. Feeding solutions of Sunflower Seeds Proso Millet Cracked Corn Thistle Suet date a 4-by-10 foot to feed birds success- one-part sugar dissolved in four-parts clear white-crowned ● ● ❍ pool but larger fully. However, there are water is recommended. Most hummingbird sparrow pools are also some basic things you can feeders have red features so you do not have to song sparrow ❍ ● ❍ excellent bird do to entice desirable color the solution red. tree sparrow ❍ ● ● ❍ attractors. Plants species to your back door. You may put out seed for birds all year long. can be added to Harris' sparrow ● ❍ ● The three basic require- During stress periods of blizzards and extend- supply oxygen and ments of backyard wildlife ed snow cover, your feeding may be important cardinal ● ❍ shelter for fish which are food, cover, and water. to local populations. You need not worry about purple finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ can help keep the pool mosquito free. All of these are important stopping your feeding during normal and mild Daily fresh water is needed during the winter. but the food you supply weather as birds will be able to find alternate house finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ Water can be kept from freezing by letting it through planting or feeders food sources. dark-eyed junco ● ❍ ❍ ❍ trickle or by using electric heating coils avail- will be the best attraction for Feeding birds can be a lot of fun and very able at hardware stores and nurseries. goldfinch ● ❍ ● ● birds. The simplest feeding educational. It can take the blues away from strategy is to spread sunflower dreary winter weather and put sparkles in the pine siskin ● ❍ ● seeds or other grains on the ground or snow. eyes of children and adults, alike. Try your black-capped chickadee ● ● Habitat Many of our native sparrow species love to luck at bringing the birds to dinner. tufted titmouse ● ● scratch and feed on the ground. Probably the Having the right habitat can enhance the red-breasted most popular feeding tactic is to put black-oil nuthatch ● ● numbers and kinds of birds you have coming sunflower seeds in a hopper style feeder on a Water white-breasted ● ● ● to dinner. The most common way to improve wooden or steel post at about eye level. nuthatch this is to plant shrubs and trees that provide Depending on business, you may have to fill Nothing attracts birds more during hot sea- blue jay ● ❍ ● both food and cover. Kansas State and the feeder once every two to three days. sons than a fresh water supply provided for red-bellied Extension Forestry in cooperation with the woodpecker ● ❍ ❍ There are several ways to discourage pesky drinking and bathing purposes. In times of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks pro- hairy woodpecker ❍ ● squirrels if you don’t want them around. drought it may even save lives. A larger bird vides an inxpensive mix of desirable shrubs Isolating your bird feeder from trees may help. bath that can be easily cleaned and refilled is downy woodpecker ❍ ● called the “Songbird Bundle”. It includes such You may need to put protective shields above best. Giant concrete saucers work well, as do common flicker ❍ ● species as tartarian honeysuckle,eastern red or below your feeder. pools made from concrete or metal, so long as cedar, nanking cherry, and aromatic sumac. Sunflower seeds can be purchased in bulk the surface has been layered with gravel or is Sometimes just adding a brush pile or a used and are excellent for a wide variety of birds. roughened. Flowerpot saucers and other small Christmas tree will help a lot. Kinds of Bird Feeders KANSAS Hummingbird Feeders Bird Feeders Seed Hoppers & Window-Shelf Feeders Suet Sticks & Bin Feeders Bag Feeders Platform Feeders Sponsored By CHICKADEE CHECKOFF Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/12 Website: www.kdwpt.state.ks.us You may want to provide mixes of cracked containers can provide water but must be Bird Feeding corn and sunflower seeds with some millet and renewed often. Small pools should only be a thistle. few inches Try to avoid milo unless you want to attract deep and have Inviting Birds to house sparrows. Put out suet to attract chick- Feeding Suggestions bottoms that Dinner adees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. slope gradually Hummingbirds can be found in many parts Best ● from the edge. Most It doesn’t take a lot of the state, and many migrate through Kansas Good ❍ yards can accommo- of money and supplies in the spring and fall. Feeding solutions of one date a 4-by-10 foot Sunflower Seeds Proso Millet Cracked Corn Thistle Suet to feed birds success- part sugar dissolved in four parts clear water is white-crowned ● ● ❍ pool, but larger fully. However, there are recommended. Most hummingbird feeders sparrow pools are also some basic things you can have red features, so you do not have to color song sparrow ❍ ● ❍ excellent bird do to entice desirable the solution red. tree sparrow ❍ ● ● ❍ attractors. Plants species to your back door. You may put out seed for birds all year long. can be added to Harris' sparrow ● ❍ ● The three basic require- During stress periods of blizzards and extend- supply oxygen and ments of backyard wildlife ed snow cover, your feeding may be important cardinal ● ❍ shelter for fish, which are food, cover, and water. to local populations. You need not worry about purple finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ can help keep the pool mosquito free. All of these are important, stopping your feeding during normal and mild Daily fresh water is needed during the winter. house finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ but the food you supply weather because birds will be able to find Water can be kept from freezing by letting it through planting or feeders alternate food sources. dark-eyed junco ● ❍ ❍ ❍ trickle or by using electric heating coils avail- will be the best attraction for Feeding birds can be a lot of fun and very goldfinch ● ❍ ● ● able at hardware stores and nurseries. birds. The simplest feeding educational. It can take the blues away from strategy is to spread sunflower dreary winter weather and put sparkles in the pine siskin ● ❍ ● seeds or other grains on the ground or snow. eyes of children and adults, alike. Try your black-capped chickadee ● ● Habitat Many of our native sparrow species love to luck at bringing the birds to dinner. tufted titmouse ● ● scratch and feed on the ground. Probably the Having the right habitat can enhance the red-breasted most popular feeding tactic is to put black-oil nuthatch ● ● numbers and kinds of birds you have coming sunflower seeds in a hopper style feeder on a Water white-breasted ● ● ● to dinner. The most common way to improve wooden or steel post at about eye level.