Every February, count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird ...

Amy Tan, whose new book The Backyard Bird Chronicles, started as a private nature journal of birds in her garden in Sausalito, came to birding as a response to American politics, specifically, ...

What was I feeding my backyard birds? I started doing some research, and lo and behold, I was serving them junk. Now I know: Not all birdseed is created equal. The good stuff? Hard to come by. Beyond ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture suggests using a disinfectant foot bath with a scrub mat at the entrance of your chicken run or coop. Kari Koulmentas, who keeps most of her chickens ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

Learn more about the pros and cons of offering safflower seeds to your backyard birds ... easy to find at major retailers or specialty bird stores. In addition to drawing interesting, colorful ...

It’s pretty simple. You look out your window at birdfeeders or just your yard and count birds for as little or as long as you want. A joint research and education project sponsored by Cornell ...

Learn more about the pros and cons of offering safflower seeds to your backyard birds. Safflower seeds are pretty easy to find at major retailers or specialty bird stores. In addition to drawing ...

Romania has reported an outbreak of avian influenza among poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as Europe faces a seasonal upturn in the deadly disease commonly ...

Treasured by bird enthusiasts for their song, beauty, and mating habits, creating a suitable environment will bring cardinals to your backyard year-round. We talked with David Mizejewski of the ...