Why You Should Offer Peanuts to Birds Peanuts are like a secret weapon for people who love feeding birds. Your feathered ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count helps scientists around the world better understand and protect birds. The global event kicks ...

Q:I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A:These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

The author repurposes a pair of bread slippers, gifted at Christmas, into a Valentine's Day treat holder for backyard ...

It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...

John and Judy Nay of St. Joseph witnessed a female pileated woodpecker extract carpenter ants from a dead silver maple, ...

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

So, it was with a great sense of wonder and satisfaction that I just happened to notice one of the big woodpeckers exploring the trunks of the dead pines. The Pileated Woodpecker is a species that ...

So, it was with a great sense of wonder and satisfaction that I just happened to notice one of the big woodpeckers exploring the trunks of the dead pines. The Pileated Woodpecker is a species that ...

DALE’S MAILBAG “The wife and I spotted two pileated woodpeckers, along the Sag Valley ... striking with their black and white bodies and big brilliantly red crests.

By mid-summer, there are numerous young starlings already forming a large flock, looking more brownish-gray. Starlings have invaded prime natural nesting sites in hollow trees, displacing many of our ...