Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P. Leary, a historian and folklorist focused on rural Midwestern life, ...

Acting as a modern-day symbol of autumn and harvest, scarecrows are renowned for looking like comical clowns in summer fields or like ghastly, ghoulish fiends during Halloween. Economical and ...

"The scarecrows will work for a while," says Gerald Bryan, an agronomist with the University of Missouri Extension Service at Jackson, Mo. "Once the birds find that the scarecrow won't really hurt ...

Fall is a magical time. The leaves change color, the air turns brisk, hot apple cider and bonfires trend and scarecrows arrive. If you’ve never ventured beyond pumpkin carving and need scarecrow craft ...

Fairfield County calls itself the scarecrow capital of Ohio. Every year, hundreds of residents decorate scarecrows like these to form a county-wide scarecrow trail. Cathie Browning collects thrifted ...