Several kinds of birds will visit your feeders if you offer them a steady supply of the seed they prefer. Black oil sunflower ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

If you have multiple types of birds visiting your backyard, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to feed them all. One commonly sought-after solution is to buy a bag of bird food with a variety of ...

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Shopping for bird seed can be confusing, especially if you are new to the world of feeding backyard birds. That’s because there are a wide variety of bird species, and each has its own dietary wants ...

We love to feed our backyard birds, especially in the winter, but putting seed out for them is only part of attracting them. Many types of birdfeeders are available, some painted and made to look like ...

Editor's note: Submit outdoors photos and story ideas to news director Gary Estwick at [email protected]. Feeding birds in your backyard allows you to enjoy observing wild birds — and other ...

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Dear Joan: Recently, I noticed four small mounds of bird seed deposited in the fake lawn in my backyard. Neighbors have bird feed feeders in their yard, and I asked them to look at the seed. It was ...

There’s something so relaxing about bird-watching from your window, watching feathered visitors chirp away as they eat from a bird feeder. No matter where you live, there are likely a variety of birds ...

image: A study conducted at the University of São Paulo and published in Science correlates birds and plants in seed dispersal networks (Thraupis sayaca) view more More than 70% of plant species that ...

Regular bird food often contains a variety of seeds, but nevertheless, these won't attract all birds. Here's what you need to attract vermivores.