Nest boxes are a great way to observe your backyard birds. In fact, you will see behaviors that you never would have simply by feeding them. While the dynamics between different species at the feeder ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

Birds primarily use nesting boxes to raise their young in spring and summer, but a simple change can turn the abandoned shelter into a warm winter roost.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery wants to help outdoor enthusiasts spring into the season and connect with wildlife in their backyard. Bluebird nesting boxes built by the ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

Leap Day is recognized Feb. 29 about every four years to keep human schedules and solar movements in sync. But leap days occur annually throughout May in Wisconsin thanks to an army of conservation ...

There they were, bluebird houses on top of many of the fence posts that lined the road just west of Bickleton, the self-proclaimed Bluebird Capital of the World. It’s spring, and thousands of ...

ST. LOUIS — On March 30, 1927, the eastern bluebird was officially designated the Missouri state bird by an act of the Missouri Legislature because it was "common in Missouri" and "a symbol of ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...

Robert Robinson works as an Associate Director at the British Trust for Ornithology, which collates of the citizen science-based data that underpins much of the analyses discussed here. Swifts need ...

HARRISBURG — Spring might not be “just around the corner,” but bluebirds will be scouting out nesting sites before you know it, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission can help bring them and other ...