It's annoying when neighborhood birds swoop in to feast on recently sown grass seed. Try this handy, natural trick to prevent ...

North America has lost an estimated 3 billion birds since 1970—a nearly 30% drop across species—mostly due to habitat loss ...

These bird movements demonstrate that a multilevel planting design is important. Adding levels to a landscape creates more leaves, stems, nooks and crannies on which birds can nest, feed and sing.

If you’d like to learn more about birds and how to invite them into your landscape, I recommend the book “Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens” (Taylor Publishing; $24.95) by Thomas Pope ...

You will enjoy the color and motion these birds add to your landscape. Plus, 96% of terrestrial North American birds feed upon insects, helping you manage garden pests.

Have patience. As a young landscape matures, it will attract different bird species. It takes time for birds to check out the landscape, evaluate its merits and decide whether it’s safe to stay.

As humans have transformed the natural environment, abundant birds have suffered the most—while some rare species have ...

The birds will come for the feeder but find the caterpillars. It’s a win-win. Another thing that will help encourage birds to hang around your landscape is your lawn.

The formula for attracting more birds to the landscape is pretty simple: cover + food plants = more birds. The first piece of the equation, cover, is the one most likely neglected. Cover is a ...

Home & Garden Birds count on feeders, protective landscape Published: Jan. 16, 2011, 9:34 a.m. By John Hogan | The Grand Rapids Press ...

Put up natural-looking bird- houses for “cavity nesters,” such as purple martins, titmice, chickadees, wrens, sparrows, finches and nuthatches. This one has a standard 1 1/2-inch entrance hole.

In winter, birds sun themselves, tucked into a protected wind-free spot, to help maintain body temperature. But recent 90-degree days hardly qualify for the need to stay warm.