You can safely put out food for birds in wintertime if you take some simple precautions. While feeding birds isn’t necessary year-round, the Humane Society says, it’s helpful in winter when ...

What happens when a backyard bird feeder becomes a trap instead of a treat? Many people think that tossing a little of this ...

Backyard bird feeders bring color and movement to a yard, but they also change how wild birds move around your property. If ...

We all know that neighbor who takes bird feeding to Olympic games-level extremes. With tree limbs sagging under the weight of ...

After dozens of dead waterfowl were discovered near Patchogue this week and an Aquebogue duck farm was forced to euthanize about 99,000 ducks last month, Long Island experts and community members ...

Backyard birding can be a wonderful winter pastime, but it’s important to do it safely — for your sake and the birds’.

Feeding backyard birds can be as simple or as complicated as you choose to make it. Let’s begin with simplicity. The single food that attracts the greatest variety of birds to feeders is sunflower ...

Backyard birdwatchers shouldn’t be overly concerned about the highly contagious strain of bird flu found last week on a Lancaster County poultry farm “The birds most affected don’t often visit feeders ...

FILE - A tufted titmouse grabs a seed from a snow covered bird feeder during a snowstorm in December 2020 in North Andover, Mass. Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. If it’s feeling spring-y to ...

Unlike last summer, when the Pennsylvania Game Commission urged residents to empty their bird feeders and bird baths in response to a mysterious and deadly bird disease, the agency has not issued a ...

That’s part of why bird feeders have become more than just outdoor accessories. Today’s bird lovers are looking for ways to ...