If you do plan to offer a bird feeder this winter, the Department of Natural Resources suggests the dos-and-don'ts of feeding backyard birds. Here's a look at how you can offer food in your backyard.
Swallows are among nature's most accomplished aerial hunters, capturing the majority of their prey while in continuous flight. These agile birds have evolved specialised feeding strategies that make ...
Here's what you should know about whether certain common foods are safe for wild birds to consume. The answer is two-pronged: technically, birds can eat bread, but no, you should not feed bread to ...
Let’s say you want birds to stay out of your garden. Placing wind chimes nearby isn’t going to do much for you. “First of all, you’re relying on the operation of the windchimes contingent on the wind, ...
How do we persuade a person to eat what we regard as good, and avoid what we regard as harmful? No amount of heavyweight basic science in nutrition can avoid the fact that food that is not eaten ...
It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures ...
Kennedy Jr. looped on a blue tie with embroidered birds. It appeared to be a nod to Mr. Kennedy’s hobby of raising birds, something he has shared with his followers in some affable missives on ...
"What do snakes eat? They eat a lot of mice and small mammals ... of harmful interactions between small-bodied predators of birds that are often eaten by snakes should make these predators ...