Millions of Americans enjoy feeding and watching backyard birds. Many people make a point of putting food out in winter, when birds needs extra energy, and spring, when many species build nests and ...

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

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 ...

Experts reveal the best native plants to feed birds in winter, including shrubs and perennials that can provide valuable food for birds through the cold months ...

Wow. I purchased my first batch of bird feeding essentials in mid-October, and save for only a few dark-eyed juncos and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gary Lee talks deep winter snow and struggling to keep up with the appetites of all the birds in his weekly column.