How to choose and position a bird box ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

HARRISBURG — Spring might not be “just around the corner,” but bluebirds will be scouting out nesting sites before you know it, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission can help bring them and other ...

Read this before you start building a nest box for your local birds. Seeing a plywood nest box tucked amongst the branches of a tree or hoisted around its trunk is a familiar sight to many Australians ...

The difference between nesting boxes and birdhouses can be difficult to define. For example, it might seem obvious that a nesting box is somewhere for birds to nest and lay eggs, but what's a birdbox?

STOCKTON, Mo. (KY3) - A Stockton, Missouri couple is being watched closely after losing their nest. The osprey pair came into contact with one of Liberty Utilities’ electric lines in 2014. The birds ...

Wooden nesting boxes face constant exposure to rain, insects, and sun. A centuries-old wood treatment may offer unexpected ...

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 ...

A Bellingham lumber yard, Upton residents, duck hunters and conservationists from around the state teamed up recently to donate materials and build 320 wood duck nesting boxes. On Feb. 10, ...

This year lots of people have been hammer-ready, knocking up makeshift homes for animals that lost their habitats in last summer's fires. But glues and varnishes used for constructing nest boxes mean ...

Some species, such as the marsh tit, preferred tree cavities as nesting sites Conservationists cannot consider nest-boxes to be a substitute for naturally occurring tree cavities, a study has ...