After any snowfall, wild sources of food may also be hidden. "Putting up a bird feeder is important in winter if natural food ...

You can safely put out food for birds in wintertime if you take some simple precautions. While feeding birds isn’t necessary ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

It couldn’t be simpler. The feeder is a wire-mesh cylinder, encased by plastic. You fill the cylinder with unshelled peanuts ...

“Bird feeders can help attract birds to your space during the winter when natural food sources might be buried beneath snow ...

We spoke to an ornithologist and a wildlife expert about what suet and suet cakes are, and why they are beneficial for birds in the winter. Suet, in simplest terms, is fat. "Suet is hard fat obtained ...

Bright red cardinals (and their mates) against a white field of snow is a joyous sight. A few tweaks to your feeders will ...

If you have trouble keeping your cat out of the bathroom sink or your dog out of the toilet, a water fountain could be the solution. And if you’re a busy pet parent, an automatic pet feeder could help ...

Many of our birds that visit in the winter are boreal species from Canada. These are irruptive species – when food supply dwindles farther north, these birds move into central and southern New England ...

When are birds most active at bird feeders? It used to be that most backyard bird-watchers fed their visitors only in winter. Times have changed, though, and birders are starting to realize how much ...