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How (and How Often) to Clean Bird Feeders
Follow these tips for maintaining seed and suet feeders to keep your backyard birds healthy in every season. Here's what...
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How to Clean Your Hummingbird Feeder
Backyard birders share their proven tips to keep sugar water safe for their favorite fliers. Learn how to clean hummingbird...
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Window Bird Feeders Give You Closer Views of Birds
Even if you don't have a big backyard with trees, you can still enjoy attracting and feeding the birds. We...
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The Best Blue Jay Bird Feeders for Peanuts
Draw more clever blue jays into your yard by serving birdseed on a tray feeder, or try a blue jay...
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What Foods Do Baby Birds Eat?
The spring and summer nesting season brings many baby birds to the backyard. Find out what baby birds eat and...
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What is a Fledgling? See How a Baby Bird Grows Up
Find out what the five common bird life stages mean and see how robins and other baby birds look as...
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Do Purple Martins Eat Mosquitoes?
Do purple martins really eat thousands of mosquitoes a day? We checked with an expert to find out. Plus, learn...
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Is That a Tree Swallow in my Bluebird House?
Bluebirds aren't the only species to use nest boxes! Learn about tree swallows' nesting habits and how to choose a...
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9 Proven Tips to Attract Nesting Birds
Learn how to attract nesting birds to visit your backyard, including robins, bluebirds and wrens, with these helpful tips from...
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Swallows Nest Types and Nesting Habits
Swallows spend much of their time flying. Learn the birding basics of where to find a swallows nest. Plus learn...
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Ground Nesting Birds: Safe and Sound Underground
From crannies and crevices to tunnels, some birds nest in the ground. We dig into the nest secrets of burrowing...
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The Best-Selling Bird Feeders of 2022
In the market for a new feeder for your backyard birds? Check out the best-selling bird feeders that customers can't...
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10 Types of Bird Feeders You Need in Your Backyard
You can never have enough feeders. Learn about the types of bird feeders available, and make plans to add a...
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What Birds Eat Oranges from Fruit Bird Feeders?
If you're thinking of trying out fruit bird feeders, you'll want to learn what birds eat oranges. Also learn other...
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What Do Wrens Eat and How to Attract Them
Discover what wrens' favorite foods are, what they eat in winter and summer and how to attract them to your...
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Will a Robin Use a Bird House?
This cheery spring bird with a taste for worms is a welcome backyard guest. But will a robin nest in...
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How to Attract Birds to a Bird Bath
Some flyers skip feeders but you can still attract these birds to a bird bath. Lure more birds to your...
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How to Attract and Identify a Purple Finch
Attracting a purple finch is easy with the right food, but identifying one can be tricky! Here's how to spot...
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Flowers for Birds: Grow the Plants That Birds Like
Attract more birds to your yard with these seasonal plant picks. Grow flowers and plants that birds like to attract...
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No Mess Bird Feeders to Keep Your Yard Clean
Experts share what to look for when shopping for no mess bird feeder options to attract birds. Plus check out...
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What Do Sparrows Eat and How to Attract Them
Learn what sparrows eat, as well as which seeds and types of bird feeders to offer to attract these cheery...
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What Do Woodpeckers Eat? The Best Woodpecker Food
Attract woodpeckers to your yard with the best woodpecker food. Learn what woodpecker eat and the best birdseed and feeders...
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The Best Bluebird Feeders and Feeding Tips
Choose a bluebird feeder and follow the best feeding tips from fellow birders to attract more bluebirds to your backyard.
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What Do Juncos Eat and How to Attract Them
Flocks of juncos arrive with cold snowy weather. Learn the best foods to offer at feeders and plants to grow...
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Meet the Snowbirds: 8 Cool Facts About Junco Birds
Discover facts about winter's favorite visitor: dark-eyed junco! Learn how long a junco bird lives. Also see why they are...
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9 Foods You Should Never Feed to Birds
Can birds eat bread? Not all people foods are safe for birds. Leave these nine foods off the menu to...
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9 Different Types of Bird Nests and How to Spot Them
Home tweet home! Learn about the many distinct types of bird nests and the different locations where you might find...
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15 Totally Adorable Baby Bluebird Pictures
You're sure to smile at these cute baby bluebird pictures showing the juvenile bluebirds and fledglings in the nest, with...
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8 Ways to Ensure a Bird-Safe Backyard
Keep your feathered friends healthy and happy with clean bird feeders, fresh birdseed and a natural yard free of pesticides.