We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When trying to attract birds to your yard during the winter, you should ensure that you always meet their core needs: food, water, and shelter ...

Winter strips most landscapes down to bare branches and frost-covered ground. For birds that stay through the cold months ...

The transition from fall to winter is a catalyst for change on many levels. Retail stores move on from Halloween to the holidays, swapping out food, clothes, decorations and gift options that flip ...

The cheery call of the black-capped chickadee adds light to the darkest days of the year in late December and early January. That’s one reason why I enjoy feeding birds in winter. It’s comforting to ...

In 2022, around 96 million people in the United States fed, watched, or photographed birds, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. That kind of interest shows how common it is to put out food, ...

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 ...

In winter’s cold grip, there’s a show going on outside with multiple “actors,” if you set the “stage.” Our avian neighbors will provide hours of entertainment and more importantly, education, at, ...

An avid birder who feeds birds outside her rural Canton home has helped beginners learn what's at their feeders. Nancy Overcott wrote basic information for a booklet on 47 birds that might come to a ...

Winter has finally made an appearance after a really nice, long and beautiful fall season. The change of seasons is what makes living in Western New York state so interesting. I’ve spoken to so many ...

We all know that neighbor who takes bird feeding to Olympic games-level extremes. With tree limbs sagging under the weight of countless feeders and a back lawn that looks like it was ripped straight ...