When deciding where to hang your bird feeder, Reese recommends keeping them away from compost heaps or bins, which can attract pests. ‘To reduce the risk, make sure the feeder is out of reach, ...

Have you been feeding some of the wild birds out in your yard this year? I have and I have enjoyed seeing the tiny nuthatches, woodpeckers, mourning doves, cardinals and blue jays out in my yard. I’ve ...

Feeding wild birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible disease risks to the very birds that we are feeding — but there are ways to safeguard their health. Adult male European ...

Jack Shutt receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council and Manchester Metropolitan University. Have you ever wondered how all of that additional food might be affecting wild birds?

Many of us love interacting with and feeding wild birds, but experts say giving them the wrong types of food can do more harm than good.

Anyone with a garden is urgently being asked to be careful when leaving out kitchen leftovers for birds, and certain foods can actually kill or greatly harm them in winter.

The California Botanic Garden will celebrate birds and their connections to native plant ecosystems at its annual Family Bird Festival, to be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the garden in Claremont.

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