These perennials, trees, and shrubs provide vital food and shelter for backyard birds through the winter months.

A good-quality seed mix brings variety and life to your garden. Choose blends with millet, sunflower hearts and cracked corn — and avoid cheap fillers like wheat, which most small birds leave behind.

DIY birdbaths can sometimes be fairly complicated or involve extra power tools. But this charming version just requires a ...

The color and life birds bring to my landscape are among the greatest joys of my gardening. Admittedly, I don’t know much about what I am seeing. That’s in the process of changing, though, thanks to ...

DENVER — This can be a tough time of year to be a backyard bird. Lush gardens and seed-laden vegetation have withered and blown away, heavy snowfalls bury any natural sources of wild bird food and ...

Using native plant species helps, but there are two other things you can do to make birds feel at home — and they don’t involve any planting at all. By Margaret Roach In this most isolated of springs, ...

My recent column listed several current garden trends, including bird watching. Growing interest in this topic was evident last week when the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum sponsored ...

21:41, Fri, Sep 26, 2025 Updated: 21:44, Fri, Sep 26, 2025 Brits can help make sure birds continue to flock to their gardens in October with three species of plant. Birds play a key role in gardens, ...

Many people enjoy having birds visit their gardens, attracted by their charming songs and cute appearances; however, encouraging these feathered friends to visit might be simpler than you think, and ...

The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts. We’re not talking about screens, which we’ve all been glued to during the pandemic. Less noticed is another trend: ...