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Article: Distinctive and good-looking plant ; Pendulous sedge grows by one ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 12, 2009 ;     498 words ... ... name suggests, it is easily identifiable by its drooping flower spikes, which could be likened to large red-brown catkins when ... triangular, a typical sedge, and they have sharp edges. Flower spikes grow from the top one-third of the stem; only the top ...

Article: Gardening: The plant that eats sheep With its glorious ...
The Independent - London;  May 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...THE ORANGE-CRESTED starlings have begun to make their seasonal appearance in the gardens on Tresco, Scilly Isles. But before any of you twitcher-types rush to pack your binoculars, I should warn you that the crest, lovely though it is, is entirely cosmetic, and the feathery highlights are not

Article: Avian Nest Box Use on Islands in the Ohio River
Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... visibility of nest boxes may be important in nest-box selection for birds, there has been ... study were to determine the effects of nest-box placement and surrounding habitat characteristics on nest-box use. During the 2001 breeding season ...

Article: Help homeless sparrows - put up a nest box; ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  February 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... British Trust for Ornithology's National Nest Box Week, which began on Thursday. Northumberland ... watch a young family being raised in a nest box you have made yourself. Visitors to Heighley ... Northumberland Wildlife Trust, for a series of Nest Box Week events during half term. ...

Article: Effects of macrohabitat and microhabitat on ...
Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... habitat characteristics associated with the nest box and the immediate vicinity (Balgooyen ... Kestrels and related these characteristics to nest-box use and nesting success. Our specific ... were to (1) determine frequencies of nest-box use and rates of nesting success at nest ...

Article: PEREGRINE FALCON NEST BOX MOVED
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 10, 2008 ;     615 words ... ... Kodak building, the peregrine falcon nest box, successfully used for eleven years at ... they will each house a peregrine falcon nest box. Both buildings are close to the previous ... about a half a mile south from the former nest box location and will install a new base for ...

Article: Nest box provides spring fascination
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  March 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... started is easy. Just build or buy a nest box and hang it on a post about five feet ... slithering and four- legged predators. A nest box in a hayfield or pasture might attract ... If you're thinking about building a nest box for the first time, send me $1 and a ...