Are birds most active at feeders in winter or summer? These simple tips will help you attract birds in all seasons.

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 ...

Want more birds in your yard? These 9 unexpected foods—beyond basic birdseed—can bring in a wider variety of species.

Bird feeding season is upon us now that October has come to an end. Does that mean your bird feeding station is going to be overrun with hungry birds? No, not yet, but there are several reasons to get ...

Arizona boasts a bounty bird species, some that can been seen year-round and others that visit in the winter as they migrate from colder areas of the country. With the help of Jon Friedman with the ...

Is that bird feeder in your backyard really helping nature? How about feeding the chipmunks that come to your patio? Or handouts to wildlife in their natural environment, far from human habitation?

We all know that neighbor who takes bird feeding to Olympic games-level extremes. With tree limbs sagging under the weight of countless feeders and a back lawn that looks like it was ripped straight ...

If you love watching birds, hanging a feeder is the easiest way to catch sight of them. But as much as we enjoy the antics of backyard birds, there are downsides to feeding our feathered friends in ...

It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures requires care, ...

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 ...

Here’s a secret: You get more out of feeding your backyard birds than the actual birds do. “The birds don’t need us to feed them,” says Geoff LeBaron, director of the Christmas Bird Count for the ...

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 ...