COUNT THE birds in your garden on Sunday, Dec. 18 and join in the North America-wide Audubon Christmas Bird Count. For the past 87 years, the count has surveyed the approximate number of birds in North America. On Sunday, Dec. 18 the Greater Vancouver area count will be un- dertaken by the Vancouver Natural History Society. As in past years, the Lynn Can- yon Ecology Centre is coordinating a North Shore Garden Feeder survey as part of the Dec. 18 count. If you wish to take part in this year’s garden bird count phone 987-5922 and your name will be added to the list of partici- pants. The ecology centre will be sending out information to all those who have taken part in past years. If you are feeding birds in your garden on the North Shore, you could attract up to 20 species. Most yards can have between 10 and 13 species. Birds in winter require energy in large amounts to survive the long cold nights and, at times, equally cold days. Most species of songbirds that spend the winter in southwestern B.C, would have found this food Bird count scheduled energy in the old growth forests and the marshlands which once ex- isted where we have now built cit- ies and farms. Within 100 years this area has undergone very rapid environmental change. The marsh thickets of crabapple, mountain ash, hawthorns and other berry-bearing shrubs have gone, along with the 1,000-year- old Douglas fir forests. Now wintering songbirds hunt through suburban gardens filled with in- troduced plants. This environmental change has not been totally negative, indeed for some species it has been very positive. While chestnut-backed chickadees, red-breasted nuthat- ches, purple finches, pileated woodpeckers and spotted owls have lost ground with the removal of coniferous forests, species like the black-capped chickadee, bush tit, house finch and junco have benefitted from the new food sup- plied by the introduced plants and open suburban gardens. If you wish to attract small birds to your garden in winter, there are two things that are required. The first is shrub and tree shelter for the birds. The second is food. By planting shrubs and trees which also supply food, one can accomplish part of this. For berries which ripen slowly and are available in mid-to-late winter, try holly, firethorns 2nd cotoneaster. There are many species of these available. Most are utilized by birds. Some birds like robins, cedar and bohemian waxwings, red- breasted sapsuckers and pine grosbeaks will come only to eat berries. Other species, varied thrush, flickers, house and purple finches and band-tailed pigeons will also eat wildbird seed if you provide it. Sunflower seeds are a big hit with evening grosbeaks, chickadees, nuthatches and jays. Millet seed is utilized by juncos, towhees, sparrows, finches and thrushes. 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