Many North American birds are cavity-nesters — that is, they nest in holes in trees and fence posts. Woodpeckers can use their strong bills to chisel holes to create their own cavities. Many other ...
We still are very much in the midst of winter, but it’s not too early to be thinking about spring and the birds. I asked Mike Eliot, an avid birder and owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Pleasant Hill, ...
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 ...
L.F. asks: “Once a mom and dad have raised their young (in a birdhouse), and have 'kicked' the kids out, is it safe to clean out the birdhouse? I ask this because I wonder if some other bird might ...
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Do Birds Use Birdhouses in the Winter?
Cavity nesting birds may use a birdhouse for winter shelter, but some birds hide out from the freezing cold in other ways.
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 ...
The Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for bare root planting stock through its Tree and Shrub Conservation Planting Program. Nesting boxes for a variety of wild bird ...
Now's the time to put up your birdhouses. Nesting time for most birds is primarily from mid-April to the end of July. (Serge A. McCabe/2002) CORVALLIS, Ore. - It would be nice to say, "Hang a ...
Our American kestrels need more nests. The numbers of North America’s smallest falcon have been in freefall since the 1960s and are now down by half due to loss of habitat, predation by Cooper’s hawks ...
Navigating a city is hard enough if you're a human with two good legs and Google Maps. But if you're a bird, the perils of the urban environment are far more varied. In spite of this, bird life is ...
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