Nothing provides an easier or more dependable food supply then “Birdscaping” your landscape. Join Whiteside County Master Gardeners as they explore the native wildflowers and other seed-bearing flowers, that will bring birds to your yard. Thankful for Our Feathered Friends will take place on Saturday, November 6, 2021, 1PM, at the Sterling Extension office; 12923 Lawrence Rd. in Sterling. You will learn the basic needs for bird survival, and the essentials of bird feeders. Participants will make a bird feeder to take home to their yard.
Then visit The Cornel Lab Project Feeder Watch; https://feederwatch.org, and learn how you can count birds for science.
This program is limited to 15 participants, you must be registered to attend, register online at: go.illinois.edu/whitesidebirding, or by calling the Whiteside County Extension office at; (815) 632-3611.