The avian flu is not a huge threat to songbirds, but they can be infected. To protect yourself and wild birds, consider ...

Wild birds maintain a primarily natural diet, making supplemental feeding unnecessary year-round. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service identifies multiple specific risks that make bird feeders dangerous ...

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 ...

And it'll look great in your yard.

If you want to attract more birds to your backyard, growing plants that produce seeds they can eat will help. This flowering ...

If you want to draw a crowd of feathered friends to your backyard bird feeders, follow the same rule you would when choosing any other piece of real estate: Location, location, location. The best spot ...

Bird watching is a fun and relaxing hobby that you can do from almost anywhere, including your backyard if you have one. If ...

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 ...

While Michigan deals with an outbreak of a deadly avian flu, spring bird migration is also about to peak, which may have some backyard bird watchers unsure whether to keep filling up their feeders.

After dozens of dead waterfowl were discovered near Patchogue this week and an Aquebogue duck farm was forced to euthanize about 99,000 ducks last month, Long Island experts and community members ...

Before I begin this week’s column I want to pass on a suggestion from a reader that was prompted by my comment last week about supporting your local food pantry. Many people who need food from these ...

Spring is on the way in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning the birds in our backyards will soon make a lot more noise than ...