Squirrels build nests, or dreys, that can easily be mistaken for a bird's nest. You can determine which is which by the nest ...

One year, a sparrow built a nest under the nets over the strawberries. She mastered getting in and out and obviously enjoyed ...

For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

Providing nesting material for birds might seem like a good idea, but it's something you should avoid if you want feathered friends living in your birdhouses.

If you think you know everything about how animals respond to wild weather, think again. Recent findings have revealed a ...

Eurasian Reed Warblers are particular about their nest locations, preferring riparian areas with—you guessed it—plenty of reeds. Other birds that are less picky may not need the magnetic signal to ...

Fledging '7K2', raised on the reserve’s main nest, fledged at 8.45am today (Wednesday, July 9) at exactly 52 days old. The moment was spotted by one of Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s dedicated osprey ...

Three six-week old osprey chicks at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve have been given leg rings and tagged to aid tracking. The birds, two male and one female, were recently tagged and weighed by a ...

The wren, meanwhile, continued his rounds, moving from nest box to nest box, laying claim to them all. A female wren, if one ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University It was an odd place for a hummingbird nest, but there it was. I typically think ...

Birds play an important role in the ecosystem including naturally removing slugs and other pests from your garden.

Habitat loss, pesticides, window collisions, house cats and climate change are taking a toll on songbird populations. But for our backyard nesters, a crow was the biggest threat.