Tag: birds
It’s time to feed the hummingbirds
It's time to put hummingbird feeders up, as they begin their migration back North. Check out these tips for optimizing your feeder all season long.
Attracting birds to your backyard this spring
Providing bird feeders as supplemental food sources during the winter can not only attract birds to your backyard but can also help them.
Wonder why birds of a feather flock together?
Learn how birds benefit from flocking together in Scott Shalaway's column this week.
What’s a yellow-bellied sapsucker?
Scott Shalaway offers insight on yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Find out what type of birds they are, what they look like, where they live and what they eat.
A birder’s poem for Christmas
In his column this week, Scott Shalaway shares his Christmas poem and suet recipe.
Now is the time for project FeederWatch
FeederWatch has become an effective tool for monitoring the distribution and abundance of winter birds that visit feeders. Learn how to get involved.
Feeding birds and apartment living
Scott Shalaway shares tips to attract birds to apartment bird feeders.
Fleeing winter: A peek into fall bird migration
Did you know many songbirds travel at night during migration? Scott Shalaway offers insight on how and why birds migrate south for the winter.
Summer hummers are very active now
If you feed hummingbirds, you should be seeing lots of activity right now. Ruby-throated hummingbird numbers peak in August.
Mourning doves: A most unusual nest
Mourning doves are one of the most abundant birds in North America. Key to their success is that they are generalists in every sense of the word.
