Why Does The Blue Jay Get Such A Bad Rap?

In today's episode: the natural history of the much-maligned Blue Jay; how brush piles help protect birds; buying native plants at the garden center; planting cup-shaped flowers to benefit bees; helping bumblebees in trouble; dangers at bird feeders; and preventing birds from flying into windows. Join host Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice monthly discussions on restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard.(PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC/Bird calls courtesy of Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Love gardening and birds and want to help Mother Nature? Join host Catherine Greenleaf, former gardening columnist for the Boston Herald Sunday Magazine and a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for discussions about organic gardening and restoring native habitat to help the birds and other wildlife in your backyard. Catherine Greenleaf talks about the natural history of birds and interviews the leading experts about how to turn your backyard into a native oasis for birds and pollinators.