Twenty years ago, I wrote an article about my cousin Brenda’s country garden in Bognar Regis in Sussex, England. Like many ...

All it took were more gray hairs and bald eagles to help me realize that it's OK to slow down and literally watch the world ...

In your endeavor to attract more birds to your yard, you may have purchased a birdhouse only to find they aren't using it. Here's why and what to do about it.

I observed a female chipping sparrow with something in it’s beak. It looked like short, fine pieces of tan, dry grass.

“Most of the time we monitor the nests of five species: eastern bluebirds, tree swallows, chickadees, house wrens, and house sparrows. We learn to recognize the nest made by each of these ...

“Most of the time we monitor the nests of five species: eastern bluebirds, tree swallows, chickadees, house wrens, and house sparrows. We learn to recognize the nest made by each of these ...

But when the bison were wiped out, cowbirds expanded their range both east and west where many folks consider them nuisance birds due to the threat they pose to songbird nests.

This year, however, the wren colony was late in arriving and a house sparrow checked out the gourd, saw that it liked it and started to create its own nest. Unlike the fickle-hearted wren, Mr ...

We like to keep the landscaping neat, which means there aren't enough dead trees, rotting logs, and brush piles for birds to nest in. House wrens, bluebirds, Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice ...

Many songbirds use birdhouses for nesting, but the birds we've listed here won't use a birdhouse. Here are other ways to attract them to your yard. 7 Birds You Won't See At Your Birdhouse—No ...

House finches rarely use birdhouses; they are more likely to seek out ledges, eaves, and even hanging baskets for raising young. Goldfinches build cup-shaped nests in trees or shrubs, sometimes as ...

Gather some tools and use these wren birdhouse plans turn your extra materials into any wren’s dream place to nest. Learn ...