Birds & Wildlife
Hummingbird Food Recipe (Nectar) and Hummingbird Feeder Tips
The simple, safe hummingbird food recipe: 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, no red dye. Plus how often to clean feeders and how to attract more hummingbirds.
Birds & Wildlife
Backyard Bird Identification for Beginners: 12 Common U.S. Birds
Learn to identify the birds at your feeder, from cardinals and chickadees to goldfinches and juncos, plus the free tools that make bird ID easy.
Birds & Wildlife
How to Attract Birds to Your Yard: Cardinals, Bluebirds and More
How to attract cardinals, bluebirds, finches and other backyard birds with the right food, feeders, water, shelter and nest boxes.
Birds & Wildlife
What Do Birds Eat? The Best Bird Feeders and Bird Food for Your Backyard
A simple guide to what backyard birds eat and the best bird feeders for each: tube, hopper, platform, suet and nyjer feeders, plus which birds visit feeders.
Birds & Wildlife
How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard This Fall and Winter
Food, water and shelter are the keys to a busy winter bird feeder. Here's what seed to buy, how to keep feeders clean and safe, and how to prevent window strikes.
Birds & Wildlife
25 Common Birds in America: Bird Identification by Picture and Song
Identify the most common backyard birds in America, from robins and cardinals to chickadees and hawks, plus how to identify birds by picture with free apps.
Birds & Wildlife
Backyard Wildlife: How to Create a Wildlife-Friendly Yard
Invite birds, butterflies, bees and other backyard wildlife with native plants, water, shelter and a few simple changes, while avoiding conflicts with nuisance animals.