The bird is eating seeds like that guy from System of a Down in that one song. Birds, like most animals, spend significant amounts of time looking for food. While wild birds don’t depend on your seed, ...

Despite the recent chilly weather, most of our local birds have laid their eggs. Many of those eggs have hatched and young birds are getting their feathers and venturing out of their nests. It is both ...

You’ve probably heard of a partridge in a pear tree, but have you heard of three greenfinch hatchlings in a Christmas tree?

Feeding wild birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible disease risks to the very birds that we are feeding — but there are ways to safeguard their health. Adult male European ...

Are you one of the 59 million people who feed birds in the United States? If yes, you are involved in the second-most popular hobby after gardening. Feeding wild birds has been an American tradition ...

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An American professor is studying the positive effects on humans of bird feeding after observing a family member’s strong attachment to the hobby. Ashley Dayer is an associate professor in the Fish ...