Let's be honest: there's no such thing as completely squirrel-proof bird feeders. But you can cut down on squirrels' visits ...

Winter is a good time to plan to enhance your garden with plants that will attract birds all year long. It takes more than ...

Feeding wild birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible disease risks to the very birds that we are feeding — but there are ways to safeguard their health. Adult male European ...

It’s time to feed the birds again. Over the years I have written 19 different columns on bird feeding, and I recently re-read them all. My advice hasn’t changed much and here I distill it into three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bird is eating seeds like that guy from System of a Down in that one song. Birds, like most animals, spend significant amounts ...

Winter is prime bird-feeding season. As natural food for backyard birds grows scarcer, many people come to the rescue by leaving out a few tempting treats. Because birds can — and will — eat whatever ...

Are you one of the 59 million people who feed birds in the United States? If yes, you are involved in the second-most popular hobby after gardening. Feeding wild birds has been an American tradition ...

Discover why your bird feed is going moldy. A bird expert shares 3 common causes and how to prevent this issue. Moldy bird ...

It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures requires care, ...

FILE - A tufted titmouse grabs a seed from a snow covered bird feeder during a snowstorm in December 2020 in North Andover, Mass. Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. If it’s feeling spring-y to ...

We all know that neighbor who takes bird feeding to Olympic games-level extremes. With tree limbs sagging under the weight of countless feeders and a back lawn that looks like it was ripped straight ...

DEAR JOAN: Many of our friends and neighbors have bird feeders or scatter seeds for them. My question is why is it considered a good thing to feed the wild birds, put up birdhouses and owl boxes when ...