With the leaves falling and temperatures cooling, supporting our garden birds has never been more important. While keeping feeders topped up is vital as food becomes scarce, there's one simple step ...
Birds worldwide share the same warning call, blending instinct and learning, revealing insights into communication evolution.
Stop Snakes From Eating Birds “How can I stop snakes from eating baby birds and eggs in my yard, without harming the snakes?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Peggy Thompson of Granville, Illinois. Birding ...
When fall descends and the garden slows down, birds could use some extra help. That’s true whether they’re migrating south or roughing out northern winters.
Birds that make unique nests: Bird architecture is not just a bunch of twigs in a tree. Birds can build their nests out of many different things, such as mud ovens or baskets that they weave together ...
Starlings and other pest birds steal feed and spread disease in barns. Learn the costs they cause and effective strategies to keep them under control.
More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the “sharp division between animal communication systems and human language” ...
For Haislip’s customers and countless others, that last bit is the problem. Clever, agile, and seemingly insatiable, squirrels are notorious for gaining access to feeders and siphoning off scads of ...