Time of Reflection

WHQR | By Andy Wood

Published May 5, 2008 at 1:05 PM EDT

Cardinals recognize their own image as an intruder.

"The instinctive bird recognizes the image as an interloper. It doesn't intuitively understand it to be a reflection of itself."

By Andy Wood

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Wilmington, NC – With the onset of bird nesting season, there comes a time in a small bird's life when it must secure a territory within which it may raise a family. And this can bring some challenges and opportunities to people.

Andy Wood is education curator for Audubon North Carolina and author of "Backyard Carolina" - a collection of his WHQR commentaries.

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Andy Wood

Andy Wood, a WHQR commentator since February 1987, is an ecologist and conservation educator with an affinity for ecosystem habitats in and around southeastern North Carolina, and the plants, wildlife, and people they support. A collection of Andy’s commentaries is collected into his first book, Backyard Carolina: Two Decades of Public Radio Commentary.

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