A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that bluebirds were already checking out nesting boxes in our area. Putting up bluebird nesting boxes has enabled bluebird populations to rebound once again. A ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Extension in Pinellas County is hosting nest box building events ...

The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

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 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 ...

Clean-out doors in the bluebird boxes at Hickory Grove Park were closed earlier in March. They were left open all winter to discourage deer mice and house sparrows from moving in. A few bluebirds hang ...

Feeders, water and birdhouses are three good ways to bring birds to your yard. The latter offers pleasures the former do not. Birds that nest in houses or boxes are obligate cavity nesters: obligated ...