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Free
cross stitch pattern
Hummingbird
in Flight
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Texas
bluebonnet cross stitch pattern
(only available as hand-drawn pattern)
Click
here for larger view of stitching by Suzanne Baker
Ladybug
Alphabet
Free cross stitch pattern of lower
case letters
(uppercase letters coming soon-sorry for the long delay)
Sandhill Crane
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
or Send
as a free eCard
Gambel's
Quail
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Free Cardinal cross-stitch pattern
Chickadee "The Acrobat" free cross stitch pattern
Titmouse on a Little Birdhouse free pattern
"Little Dragonfly" cross stitch pattern
Little Animals from young stitchers in the 1700s and 1800s.
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Birds at a Fountain from 1742 Sampler
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Peacock Design from Sampler dated 1742
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
(reduce top & bottom margins before printing)
Flowers from antique sampler
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Hummingbird and Columbine Flower
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
(hand-drawn version only)
Little Costa's Hummer
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
Free
Bluebird name pattern generator
Sorry the bluebird pattern generator may not work correctly
unless viewed with Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher.
If you are using Netscape, please
click
here for the entire free alphabet.
Rufous
Hummingbird Pattern
Send this little pattern as a free
eCard to a friend.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Free
Cross Stitch Pattern
This is a very tiny pattern that would be cute hanging
on alphabet letters,
similar to the bluebird letters above. Or stitch
it on a denim shirt.
Free
Vermilion Flycatcher Pattern
Free
"Tufted Titmice" Cross Stitch Pattern
Note: Set page margins at zero
before printing titmice pattern.
Free Scissor-tailed Flycatcher cross-stitch pattern
Free Wester Tanager Cross Stitch Pattern
Free Loggerhead Shrike Cross Stitch Pattern
Free Lovebird cross stitch pattern
Free Robin cross stitch pattern
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Last year, prompted by concern about the spread of West Nile virus, New York State asked counties to report dead birds to its wildlife pathology laboratory. After receiving more than 80,000 birds, Dr. Ward Stone discovered that although the virus was a factor in some of the deaths, the leading cause was pesticide poisoning. Common lawn care chemicals were among the most common toxins (excerpt from National Audubon Society). Some pesticides are much more toxic to birds than to other species—diazinon is 100 times more acutely toxic to birds than mammals, for example. Granular forms of lawn pesticides are most dangerous to birds, and ingestion of even one granule (which they mistake for food) can kill a small bird. Most often the bird retreats to a sheltered area to die or is weakened enough to be eaten by predators which then also suffer from the pesticides in the small bird's body.
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