Bird’s Nests: To Give or Not to Give Materials?
March and April are a wonderful time for birdwatchers! The birds return from the south, singing to find a mate,Continue Reading
Category: Birds
Take Birds Under Your Wing
Someone recently asked me why the bird population in their garden had dropped dramatically. I was tempted to be alarmist,Continue Reading
Invite Birds to the Garden With Native Plants
By Julie Boudreau I do most of my writing for this blog, comfortably seated with a view onto my greenContinue Reading
Can You Count Birds?
Every year, for 123 years now, the National Audubon Society organizes the Christmas Bird Count. And this year, the eventContinue Reading
Birds of Prey: Terrors of the Garden or Majestic Kings of the Food Chain?
At the beginning of the summer, a message spread like wildfire on social media near my home town. A concernedContinue Reading
Curious Green Hump Under a Bird Feeder
Question: A curious phenomenon occurred at my house after I installed a bird feeder. A few days after installation, theContinue Reading
Five Flowers Irresistible to Hummingbirds
By Julie Boudreau This spring I saw a male ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) going through my haskap (honeyberry) flowers inContinue Reading
National Bird-Feeding Month
Photo: elenathewise, depositphotos By Larry Hodgson Did you know that February is National Bird-Feeding Month? Well, at least itContinue Reading
A DIY Bird Bath
By Larry Hodgson Birds love to bathe, but you don’t have to fork out money for a commercial bird bathContinue Reading
When a Baby Bird Falls From the Nest
Photo: Mandy Dickinson, nwf.org This is far from an uncommon occurrence. If your garden has plenty of trees that birdsContinue Reading