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ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY YOUTH ART CONTEST
Started in 2006 by the United States Congress, Endangered Species Day
is a celebration of our nation’s imperiled plants and wildlife
and wild places. Find out about the Youth Art Contest.It’s not too early to start planning community activities for Endangered Species Day, May 20, 2011. A fun feature of Endangered Species Day is the Youth Art Contest. Organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Coalition, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art/ University of New Orleans, teachers can include the Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest as a featured activity for Youth Art Month in March. Entries are due March 15. For more information on how to enter, download this fact sheet. 
2010 Grand Prize: Polar Bear & Beluga Whale, Carter Schroeder, Anchorage, AK -
baffle your peanut bird feeders
Variety certainly is the spice of life… and for wild birds too! You’ll attract more feathered friends by offering high energy treats like peanuts or suet than just seed mix alone. Peanut Bird Feeders are the perfect choice for attracting woodpeckers, nuthatches, blue jays, grosbeaks and others.Innovative peanut bird feeders like this peanut wreath offers a fun way to feed whole peanuts, or peanuts in the shell. It holds a pretty decent capacity – unless the squirrels happen to discover it! The best way to keep pesky squirrels from your peanut bird feeders is to baffle them. Hanging a squirrel baffle above feeders saves your food, money, and nixes the aggravation of silly squirrel shenanigans!
Other peanut bird feeders are made to hold shelled peanuts, and may preferred as there’s virtually no ground waste or mess. Many attractive recycled feeders are available, and no doubt the birds will be happy with any one you choose!
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