Column: How to identify birds beyond your yard

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 26, 2020

This was the year I planned to add a new program to my offerings: “Birds Beyond The Fence.” I’ve walked neighborhoods with friends, pointing out all the birds. They were dumbfounded. How did I hear all those birds when they didn’t hear anything? Actually, they heard everything I did. They just didn’t notice. So the first step in taking the mystery out of birds beyond your fence is to simply notice the noise. The second step is to avoid getting overwhelmed by a lot of birds are making noise at once. The third step is to pick out one bird and go find it. The fourth step is to take note of the habitat where the song is coming from. ~ Bob Duchesne