Poke or melt holes through the bottoms of your plastic containers, and thread about 4 inches worth of twine through each hole. For each one, make a sturdy knot (tied 2-3 times), and on the outside of ...

Last week, I reviewed the different seeds to consider when feeding wild birds. Suet is another important food to offer, especially as the nights get colder. Here I will review, again, the basics of ...

It was cold but not windy the morning of Black Friday. This name was first given to the day after Thanksgiving by the Philadelphia police in the 1960s because of the chaos it caused then and still ...

This is the time of year when natural food starts becoming scarce and birds must search long and hard to find enough to eat. So keep your feeders full of food packed with high-energy protein like ...

The Red-Bellied Woodpecker is a common visitor at backyard feeders, but do you know how to distinguish male from female? This video shows a great comparison of the two. Notice that the red on the head ...

This video shows a great example of molting with a very bald Blue Jay who also displays how he can store food (peanuts, in this case) in his “crop.” The crop is an expandable pouch in the throat that ...