{"id":11096,"date":"2021-07-09T09:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=11096"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:35:23","slug":"mike-runtz-on-noisy-showy-cardinals-reproducing-more-thanks-to-your-birdseed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2021\/mike-runtz-on-noisy-showy-cardinals-reproducing-more-thanks-to-your-birdseed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Runtz on Noisy, Showy Cardinals Reproducing More Thanks to Your Birdseed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boredom-busting backyard bird feeders\u00a0have boosted the already growing cardinal population in Ottawa during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to local birders.<\/p>\n<p>Local bird counts show the population of northern cardinals\u00a0\u2014\u00a0or in unimaginative Latin nomenclature,\u00a0<em>Cardinalis cardinalis\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>was already rising before the pandemic hit.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-38447244\"><\/section>\n<p>Then isolated families began sprucing up their backyards for themselves\u00a0and for hungry birds looking for an easy meal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More people were feeding birds last winter,&#8221; said Ottawa naturalist Michael Runtz. &#8220;Costco was being sold out of sunflower seeds regularly, and that&#8217;s unusual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the females are well-fed, they produce more eggs\u00a0and &#8230; more young.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/birds-cardinals-population-covid-19-feeders-climate-change-1.6091882\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boredom-busting backyard bird feeders\u00a0have boosted the already growing cardinal population in Ottawa during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to local birders. 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