ALEXANDRIA — As the chill of winter settles in, many bird lovers look forward to welcoming feathered visitors to their ...
Keeping bird feeders up all winter helps birds survive cold months and lets you enjoy watching them year-round. Fill feeders ...
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 ...
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 ...
I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys south. And I’ll keep it well-stocked with high-energy seed mix throughout ...
Are you putting out birdseed this winter? There are some steps you can take to help protect the birds that visit your feeder. According to the DNR, birds have incredible adaptations that help them ...
Songbirds have vanished from my yard. Even house sparrows have disappeared. Just one red-bellied woodpecker arrives to nibble on a patch of suet spread on a tree trunk, but no downy woodpeckers peck ...
When the wind howls and the temperature plummets, it's easy to look out a window as birds huddle in a bush or on a wire and wonder if they need some help to make it through the winter. While many of ...
Hanging a feeder is the easiest way to catch sight of backyard birds. We'll explain when to start feeding birds in late fall ...
The first night the temperature plunged, the backyard went quiet in a way I could feel in my chest. By morning, wind had ...
AS THE TROJANS WHO WHEELED IN THE BIG HORSE must have said, "It seemed like a good idea at the time." I live in New York City, a couple of blocks from Central Park. Last winter I thought, Why not feed ...