Wild birds maintain a primarily natural diet, making supplemental feeding unnecessary year-round. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service identifies multiple specific risks that make bird feeders dangerous ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue tit flies to a feeder in a garden, where a great spotted woodpecker is currently sitting. For backyard birding enthusiasts, ...

Birds that naturally and usually migrate will do so regardless of how many bird feeders might be filled with top-quality seeds. According to Cole’s Wild Bird Products Co., the long-held, widely ...

New to birding? Start with the basics. Learn to recognize 15 common backyard birds, and discover ways to attract them to your ...

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 ...

Chad Witko, an outreach biologist in Vernon, Vt., has been a birder since he was 3. His father was a waterfowl hunter and would bring birds home for him to examine. His mother helped him put homemade ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Some good news for birders. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says that despite the ongoing outbreak of HPAI — highly pathogenic avian influenza — people can ...

Food is what motivates all bears right now and through autumn until hibernation. Nearly every waking moment, black bears are ...

Bird feeders can be a genuine help for songbirds, especially during cold snaps and snow cover when their natural food gets much harder to find. Feeders also help people notice birds more often, ...