January 5, 2012 is the 10th annual National Bird Day, which was established to celebrate and help our avian friends both wild and captive. Visit the website www.nationalbirdday.com to:

a.. Learn more about helping birds
b.. Ten things to do to prevent window strikes, which they estimate kills up to 1 billion birds annually in North America
c.. Enter a free bird photo contest to win prizes
d.. Test your birding by ear skills by playing ?Name That Tune? (I expect most Tweeters will get a perfect if not near perfect score)
e.. Download beautiful and free ?Think Outside the Cage? posters
f.. Get a free National Bird Day teachers packet and more.

Happy National Bird Day!

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah