Bird Town Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township is listed as a participating municipality in Bucks County. Audubon provides the tools for the municipality to engage their residents, schools and businesses in making more ecologically-friendly decisions, conserving energy and in the process, saving money.
OUR MISSION
Bird Town Pennsylvania works in partnership with local municipalities and like minded organizations to promote community-based conservation actions to create a healthier, more sustainable environment for birds, wildlife, and people.
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A letter from the Chair of LMT Bird Town Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township's Bird of the Month for August 2025 - The Grackle
- Grackles are highly social birds, often found in large flocks that can include
other blackbird species like Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds. - Their diet is incredibly varied, including insects, seeds, grains, small fish, and
even garbage. They are known to follow plows to catch invertebrates and mice,
and they have even been observed eating leeches off turtles. - They exhibit a behavior called “Anting”. This behavior involves rubbing ants
on their feathers, potentially to get formic acid from the ants, which may help with
parasite control. They've also been observed using other substances like lemon
juice, mothballs, and even walnut juice in a similar way! - Grackles are intelligent birds, demonstrating an ability to solve puzzles and
adapt to new situations, according to kids' encyclopedia facts. - Male Common Grackles may abandon their mates before the young fledge to find
a new partner. - While the oldest recorded Common Grackle lived for over 23 years, most don't
live that long, with only about half reaching adulthood. - Grackles exhibit different flocking behaviors depending on the season, gathering
in smaller groups during the breeding season and forming massive flocks during
the winter. - Their calls are often described as harsh and unmusical, sometimes likened to a
squeaky gate. - A group of grackles is sometimes referred to as a "plague".
- Farmers are not fond of them because they are the #1 threat to corn. They eat
ripening corn as well as sprouts, and because they travel in huge flocks, they can
do multimillion dollar damage! - Grackles have a hard keel on the inside of the upper mandible that they use for
sawing open acorns
July 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Gackle
June 2025 - Bird of the Month - The House Finch
May 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Brown Headed Cowbird
April 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Great Blue Heron
March 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Eastern Bluebird
February 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Bald Eagle
January 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Red-Bellied Woodpecker
December 2024 - Bird of the Month - The Northern Cardinal
