Feeding wild birds can be a popular and rewarding hobby. Such a hobby facilitates a connection with nature and helps to ...

Gardening isn’t only about cultivating plants—it’s also about creating life. A truly thriving garden welcomes movement, song, ...

About 7 a.m. every morning there is a flurry with the arrival of a flock of about 15 junco in our backyard. As the day ...

For hummingbirds, the color red is a sign that the nectar is good. Although they’re evolutionarily conditioned to feel attracted to any and every flower that has nectar in its petals, when they see a ...

For many, feeding birds in the yard brings a sense of prolonged enjoyment. A seasoned bird feeding station will not only have a variety of bird species, but many of the same individual birds may show ...

Looking at our backyard bird feeding station on a sunny Saturday afternoon, there was not a bird in sight. What’s going on? It didn’t take me long to spot the issue. A sharp-shinned hawk was perched ...

Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson of the Forest Society has been enjoying his birdfeeders and considering the benefits. “Every morning, just before sunrise, I wait with steaming cup of coffee in ...

Bird Buddy is a company known for its camera-equipped bird feeder, a product that started out on Kickstarter. Since debuting the original bird feeder in 2021, Bird Buddy has expanded its product ...

Bird-feeding, if done properly, can help these birds survive. Black-capped chickadees, for example, have a much higher winter ...

DEAR JOAN: Perhaps you can shed some light on a mystery we have going on in our backyard. A few months ago, when the pandemic situation started and we went into a lockdown situation, I decided to sand ...