To attract a variety of birds to your yard, you'll want to offer seed recipes that appeal to a range of species. Here are ...

Want to see a wider variety of birds in your backyard? Choosing the right food is key, since some, like one particular seed, ...

Peanuts are like a secret weapon for people who love feeding birds. Your feathered friends will go nuts for the fat- and protein-packed treat that is super easy for backyard bird-watchers to serve.

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 ...

Shopping for bird seed can be confusing, especially if you are new to the world of feeding backyard birds. That’s because there are a wide variety of bird species, and each has its own dietary wants ...

Many animals feed on seeds, acorns or nuts. The common feature of these are that they have shells and there is no direct way to know what's inside. How do the animals know how much and what quality of ...

Q: I have two bird-feeder questions: Are the inexpensive mixes worth getting? And if we want to have cardinals, what kind of seed should we have? A: For a number of years, I would purchase safflower ...

Plus, pocket-sized owls hooting, few family reunions in the bird world and a visit by robins’ handsome cousin.

Mexican Jays (Aphelocoma wollweberi) distinguish between heavier and lighter peanuts without opening the nuts. The birds do it by shaking the nuts in their beaks, which allows them to 'feel' nut ...