NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - February makes gardeners pine for spring, but birders bask in the cold weather. "Winter is an excellent time to look for birds," says Rock Moeslein, assistant education director at the Virginia Living Museum (www.thevlm.org) in southeastern Virginia. "There are few leaves to block our viewing. The air is also more likely to be still to give us a chance to follow the chirps and quieter call notes of many smaller birds." You can look for birds in your community as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 15-18. The four-day event is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Studies Canada and the National Audubon Society (www.audubon.org). Wild Birds...
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