You can enjoy the sights and sounds of birds all year round, although certain times of the year—particularly spring and fall—are considered the best times to view them. Stocking your backyard bird ...

If you want to attract bird species to your landscape, now is a good time to launch a bird watering and feeding program, in addition to providing cover, food plants and bloom sources. Start by ...

Once the weather turns cold, it's time to put out suet in your feeders. Learn proven ways for feeding suet to birds with tips ...

A cold Sunday morning, fire in the fireplace, relaxing on the sofa with a cup of hot coffee, a pair of binoculars by my side, I am enjoying the parade of songbirds visiting our feeders. Life is good.

DEAR JOAN: I hung up a store-bought sock feeder with black nyjer seed, but the rain seems to have washed away the color on the seeds. They are now beige, and the birds won’t go near it. I see no signs ...

Birds love to eat a lot of things, and oats are one of them. Are oats good for them, though? Why do they like them? Here are ...

Last week, I reviewed the different seeds to consider when feeding wild birds. Suet is another important food to offer, especially as the nights get colder. Here I will review, again, the basics of ...

Your backyard birds are always hungry. Here are a few ideas from your pantry that don’t involve bird seed. You can feed foods that are high in fat. Food at the bird feeder can attract animals other ...

By Dan and Barbara Gleason This month, the Garden Palette is offering something different. Gardens attract insects and ...

Tim Joyce of Mount Prospect is a birdscaper, a position he says he created himself to help people attract a variety of migrating and native birds to their backyards. Joyce's interest in birding began ...