Wild birds maintain a primarily natural diet, making supplemental feeding unnecessary year-round. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service identifies multiple specific risks that make bird feeders dangerous ...

For backyard birding enthusiasts, there is good news and bad news. We’ll go with the more positive news first. Passerines–the types of birds that are generally found around backyard bird feeders–are ...

After dozens of dead waterfowl were discovered near Patchogue this week and an Aquebogue duck farm was forced to euthanize about 99,000 ducks last month, Long Island experts and community members ...

Filling bird feeders with seed and refilling them when they're empty isn't enough to keep backyard birds safe and nourished.

With the Great Backyard Bird Count looming, a few smart backyard tweaks can turn a silent winter view into real data that ...

It’s always a pleasure to watch the variety of feathered visitors at our backyard birdfeeders year-round, but snowbirds reign ...

A lot of people make New Year's Resolutions to lose weight. The birds that come to your yard have the opposite problem. They can lose 15% of their body weight in just one cold winter's night trying to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated ...

The 29th-annual Great Backyard Bird Count is set to begin Friday and extend through Monday, Feb. 16. It’s easy to participate ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count returns to the Hudson Valley February 13–16, with guided walks, backyard birding, and an open ...

Bird feeders can be a genuine help for songbirds, especially during cold snaps and snow cover when their natural food gets much harder to find. Feeders also help people notice birds more often, ...