Want birds to use your birdhouse? Learn which species move in, when to put boxes up, and how to make them more inviting.
Do you enjoy watching wild birds in your yard? Most Arkansans do, and now is a perfect time to enhance those opportunities by building and installing nest boxes around your property. Many birds in The ...
The sight of eggs in experimental nesting boxes has brought joy to researchers who say it marks a turning point in the fight to save the rare migratory swift parrot from extinction. The species, ...
Navigating a city is hard enough if you're a human with two good legs and Google Maps. But if you're a bird, the perils of the urban environment are far more varied. In spite of this, bird life is ...
Last month, I wrote about Stiles Thomas, who six decades ago was known as “the bluebird man of Bergen County.” Over five years, Stiles put up almost 200 bluebird boxes in Allendale, Saddle River, ...
Novelty bird nest boxes in unusual colours and designs could be dangerous for birds, the RSPB has warned. Bird houses decorated in bright colours or shaped to look like real houses, caravans or even ...
They have had the parrots investigate the nest boxes, but have been unsuccessful due to two factors: they could not get the boxes installed high enough, and bees kept invading the boxes within days of ...
When Louise Freckelton and David Bray were surveying their property in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains, after the devastating Black Summer bushfires, they were elated to find a unique and ...
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says it has received a surprising number of reports of different species sharing nest boxes. It says barn owl nest boxes attract the most unusual ...
The eastern bluebird, a native species to Connecticut known for its vivid blue feathers and orange underbelly, was nearly driven out of the state before making a conservation comeback over the last ...
The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...