Birding

Winter is the perfect time to help our feathered friends make it through the cold season. Putting out pine cone bird feeders is an easy, fun way to enjoy wild birds in your garden, while...

Bird watching is a pleasant past time for people of all ages. The birds are fun to watch and listen to. Many bird watchers enjoy strategically putting out different types of seed to try to attract...

Finches love thistle (also called niger) seed and a thistle sock is an easy way to offer food to these colorful backyard visitors. But, over time, the thistle sock can get dirty and dingy. More...

Suet is a high-fat, high-energy food that attracts insect-eating birds. It's traditionally put out in the winter when insects are scarce, but suet products available today can be used year-round.

You’ve seen them in the catalogs and home centers for $10 or more but you can easily make a bird seed scoop for free. It’ll take you about 5 minutes to recycle a plastic beverage jug (i.e., milk...

Feeding wild birds during the fall and winter is a very enjoyable and relaxing hobby. With personal budgets having to be tightened, the amount of money left over to purchase expensive seed mixes...

Setting out seeds in your back yard makes bird-watching easy. But as the weather turns cold, wild birds will be looking for a little fat, in addition to their normal diet of seeds, nuts and ...

There's nothing more disheartening than opening a bag of birdseed and finding insects living in it or lifting up a bag only to have the seeds spill all over the floor because mice have chewed a...

For bird watching or just for the musical enjoyment, this article will tell you how to attract the most common backyard birds in winter and summer.

Learn How to finish the seed tray for a bird feeder plan in this yard craft video from our birdfeeder and bird house expert.

Quail are ground-dwelling birds that associate with one another in groups called coveys. They are more common in the southern part of the country, but the range of the Northern Bobwhite - the...

Tiny goldfinches, with their beautiful yellow breeding plumage, are popular feeder birds throughout the year. If you see some in your area, provide a feeder for them, and they're likely to come...