Less food is available for birds in the colder and darker days of the year, so people are encouraged to provide supplemental food for birds in the winter months. Setting out bird feeders with ...

Keep feeders up in winter to help birds find food when natural sources are scarce. Offer high-fat seeds and suet, and clean feeders monthly to prevent disease. Remove feeders in spring or if pests or ...

Birdwatching is oh so relaxing, but you don't always want to travel for it. Bring all the birds to your yard instead with ...

Dozens of birds love suet, especially woodpeckers. But backyard bird hosts face a confusing array of packaged suet combos. How to choose? In short, it's not by price. True suet is the fat that ...

In the winter, when food from plants and insects is scarce, non-migratory birds are more reliant on bird feeders than in other seasons, especially when the ground is covered with snow. Keeping bird ...

Winter is a busy time at bird feeders—here’s what ornithologists recommend to attract the widest variety of birds.

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 ...

If you want to help the local wildlife thrive, you need to make sure you're setting up the right kind of bird feeder - and ...

Do European Starlings and Common Grackles have you running outside into the backyard, arms waving, to scare them off of the suet feeder? It’s a common problem, but one way to curb their visits is to ...

If you've been looking forward to watching the birds this winter, it would sure be disheartening if your feeder was devoid of your feathered friends. But don't fret. Early in the season, birds may not ...

Shopping for bird seed can be confusing, especially if you are new to the world of feeding backyard birds. That’s because there are a wide variety of bird species, and each has its own dietary wants ...