A Red-Bellied Woodpecker comes in for a landing on this tube feeder filled with hot pepper suet bits (no squirrels, raccoons, or bears here). A female House Finch and a male Northern Cardinal are ...

Once the weather turns cold, it's time to put out suet in your feeders. Learn proven ways for feeding suet to birds with tips ...

Dang those squirrels when they get into bird feeders. Even when the feeder is filled with safflower seed, which squirrels are supposed to dislike, the four-footed clowns dive in, feet first, feasting ...

Watching a squirrel dash up a tree is quite the sight, yet it's quite another to set up a bird feeder only to have these bushy-tailed bandits raid it. Birds often depend on the extra sustenance from ...

Without realizing it, one of the biggest mistakes you and other bird enthusiasts are making with bird feeders is putting out mixed bird seed that backyard birds won't actually eat. While it's common ...

Dear Roger: I have tried every squirrel-resistance effort on my bird feeders I can find, including your contraption using plastic bottles. The bottles, which spin on a wire, break down after a few ...

A few simple steps can keep your bird feed going to its intended recipients instead of those puffy-tailed sneaks. By John Alexander Published Jul 26, 2025 1:00 PM EDT We may earn revenue from the ...

Dear Martha: Should seed mixes in bird feeders be different during warmer months? With milder temperatures making more natural-food sources available, your feathered friends won’t be dropping by the ...

As days become shorter and temperatures drop, we become seasonally savvy and begin offering our backyard birds food that is high in fat. This will allow your birds to increase their fat store which ...