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 November 2025 - The Black Capped Chickadee
- Chickadees are considered to be a “cute” bird! And they love feeders with suet, sunflowers and peanuts. Here are some fascinating facts about the black-capped chickadee:
- The Black-capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items to eat later. Each item is
placed in a different spot and the chickadee can remember thousands of hiding places. - Every autumn Black-capped Chickadees allow brain neurons containing old information to die, replacing them with new neurons so they can adapt to changes in their social flocks and environment.
- Even when temperatures are far below zero, chickadees virtually always sleep in their own
individual cavities. They go into regulated hypothermia. In rotten wood, they can excavate
nesting and roosting holes entirely on their own. - Chickadee calls are complex and language-like, communicating information on identity and
recognition of other flocks as well as predator alarms and contact calls. - Winter flocks with chickadees serving as the nucleus contain mated chickadee pairs
and nonbreeders, but generally not the offspring of the adult pairs within that flock.
Other species that associate with chickadee flocks include nuthatches, woodpeckers
October 2025 Bird of the Month -The Prothonotary Warbler
September 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Ruby Throated Hummingbird
August 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Grackle
July 2025 - Bird of the Month - The Blue Jay
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
