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

Learn what a hermit thrush looks like and where to find one. Also find out what the bird's song sounds like and what the bird eats.

Birders love birds; botanists love plants. They both like to identify the “object of their affection.” Birders seem to like common names for birds, although a bird may be identified by genus, species ...

Q: This is our second year feeding the birds and last winter was slow. This year is better. We have a couple bird feeders and as you mentioned we stocked with finch seed and sunflower seeds. And there ...

How to choose and position a bird box ...

When the frosts and freezes set in and the garden falls quiet, it’s easy to think nothing stirs beyond the hedges. But look a little closer, and you’ll see glimmers of birdlife among the bare branches ...

If you want to nurture birds in your yard, you cannot go wrong by planting a black cherry tree (Prunus serotina). It is considered a keystone species, which means it has a disproportionately large ...

13:05, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Updated: 13:13, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Despite living in an urban area, my outside space is thriving with wild birds — and it’s just a tiny backyard with a few plants in pots. I ...