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

It would be nice to say, “Hang a birdhouse and they will come,” but attracting wild birds to nest in your yard isn’t quite so easy. Don’t get discouraged if your nesting box doesn’t draw birds the ...

Now's the time to put up your birdhouses. Nesting time for most birds is primarily from mid-April to the end of July. (Serge A. McCabe/2002) CORVALLIS, Ore. - It would be nice to say, "Hang a ...

Do you enjoy watching wild birds in your yard? Most Arkansans do, and now is a perfect time to enhance those opportunities by building and installing nest boxes around your property. Many birds in The ...

Many of our birds are cavity nesters, that is, they nest in holes in trees and fence posts. Woodpeckers can use their strong bills to chisel holes to create their own cavities. Many other birds, such ...

There are over 20 resident Florida birds that nest in cavities in trees or branches. These include Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great-crested ...

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 ...

Spring is an important time of year for birds to get cracking laying eggs and raising chicks. But first things first they need to build their nests. Each species of bird brings its own style to its ...

The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

So how did humans start building nest boxes? As they started building structures, certain species like the House Sparrow, House Martin, Barn Swallow and Barn Owl took to human-built structures to ...