By using only one sort of seed, you can also reduce competition at the feeder, which leads to spilling and waste. Safflower seeds are a good option for a single-seed bird feeder. Some of the birds ...

By focusing on a certain type of seed, however, you can draw particular types of birds to your backyard. By using only one sort of seed, you can also reduce competition at the feeder, which leads to ...

Although a starving wild bird will eat almost any kind of seed, they overtly prefer black oil sunflower seeds, which are particularly nutritious and provide the calories necessary to tide them through ...

Feeding birds makes you happier. It's a scientific fact—one that folks who already provide food for birds know well. Birds can provide countless hours of entertainment. But as much fun as they are to ...

If you want to attract more flying friends into your garden, you need to know what not to feed wild birds. It's a common misconception that you can give them food like bread or chips, but it turns out ...

This is the time of year Mark and I put our bird feeders back up and invite you to join Project FeederWatch. Sign up ($18), renew or donate at feederwatch.org. This season, it starts Nov.

But while they’re feasting on fall’s cornucopia of delicacies, birds are also planning ahead, taking note of yards with bird feeders that can help them weather winter’s cold. Many of birds’ favorite ...

Gardening expert Monty Don has claimed that here is one thing people should never put in bird feed as it may attract rats and squirrels. In Gardeners' World magazine, the horticulture expert said ...

taking note of yards with bird feeders that can help them weather winter’s cold. Many of birds’ favorite foods are actually more abundant in fall. Summer weeds ripen with seeds by October.