Making bird feeders is a fun winter craft. Though many feathered friends may have migrated south for the season, birds that ...

In the winter, when food from plants and insects is scarce, non-migratory birds are more reliant on bird feeders than in ...

You don’t need special tools or expensive gear. These feeders are quick to build, fun to make, and can attract a variety of birds to your garden. Along the way, I also share tips for placing feeders ...

It couldn’t be simpler. The feeder is a wire-mesh cylinder, encased by plastic. You fill the cylinder with unshelled peanuts ...

After any snowfall, wild sources of food may also be hidden. "Putting up a bird feeder is important in winter if natural food ...

We spoke to an ornithologist and a wildlife expert about what suet and suet cakes are, and why they are beneficial for birds in the winter. Suet, in simplest terms, is fat. "Suet is hard fat obtained ...

Tyler Migiel carefully spread shortening onto a piece of bread, flipped it over and pressed it onto a plate filled with birdseed. The 6-year-old, from Davenport, had just finished painting using a ...

It explained: "Seeing wild birds in the garden is one of life's pleasures and, of course, by feeding them we are helping to ...

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 ...