When summer temperatures rise, backyard birds can face life-threatening conditions inside their nesting boxes. The small wooden shelters might seem like they have plenty of insulation for ...

Birds instinctively know where to find shelter, but we can help them survive a tough winter, writes Hans Kunze.

Create your very own nest box for some small nesting birds, Chickadees, House Wrens, and Warblers on Feb. 13 at Bonneyville Mill.

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.

Clean-out doors in the bluebird boxes at Hickory Grove Park were closed earlier in March. They were left open all winter to discourage deer mice and house sparrows from moving in. A few bluebirds hang ...

Volunteers are working across the state to make sure birds have adequate nesting opportunities. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported 58 state parks monitored 2,600 bird boxes ...

A wonderful way to attract birds to your yard is to put up nest boxes for local, native species. Birds like swallows, chickadees and bluebirds nest in cavities, and nest boxes provide an artificial ...

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 ...

Chipping sparrows sail in to perch regularly on the uppermost twig of one in a clump of native eastern red cedars, always a little caterpillar or bug dangling from their beaks. Then they drop down ...

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Extension in Pinellas County is hosting nest box building events ...

DEAR JOAN: I was doing laundry, as usual on Monday, and a thought suddenly occurred to me. I use those Free and Clear dryer sheets. Would they be suitable for nesting material if cut in strips and ...