The types of birds that you attract in your yard can play a big role in the type of nesting activity that you'll see in your bird box and when it occurs. However, no matter the bird variety that takes ...

Bluebird enthusiasts may be experiencing frustration with nest predation and ant infestations. Hummingbirds, orioles, and ...

Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...

A catbird was skulking around the forsythia in my backyard this morning, but she was stealthy enough to keep their nest a ...

The Birdfy Smart Bird House includes hardware for wall or post mounting. Grant Clauser/NYT Wirecutter. Most of the nesting box comes preassembled, including the solar panel perched on the roof.

In what began as a side project in 2022 for Berkshire Bird Observatory Executive Director Ben Nickley, The Kestrel Nest Box ...

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific ...

Naturalists and volunteers at Erie Bluffs State Park check bird houses each week this time of year to chart nesting activity.

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Of all the nest boxes in our yard, the Carolina chickadees always ...

They have one ear higher than the other, can turn their heads through 270 degrees, their hungry young make a sound between ...