Feeding Birds

From bird feeder recommendations to homemade suet recipes, we’re sharing our best bird feeding tips and tricks to help you attract birds to your backyard.

Feeding Friendly Birds

Learn why these are the friendliest birds in your backyard.

How to Make Homemade Suet

Readers share their best money-saving suet recipes for feeding birds.

Feeding Birds by Keeping Squirrels Away

Outwit squirrels with these tips for keeping squirrels away from bird feeders to leave bird...

Feeding Birds by Hand

Tips and tricks for getting birds to eat out of your hand.

Feeding Birds with Kitchen Items

Attract backyard birds with these common kitchen food items.

Best Birdseed to Feed Backyard Birds

Choose these seeds to attract and feed your favorite birds.

Seasonal Tips to Attract Birds

These simple seasonal tips will help you attract birds to your backyard.

Feeding Hummingbirds by Hand

You’ll get a real thrill when you learn the five steps to feeding hummingbirds by...

Safflower Seed: A Possible Squirrel Deterrent

Almost anyone with backyard bird feeders has had squirrel problems at one time or another....

Top Tips for Attracting Orioles to Your Yard

Among the most sought-after backyard birds, Baltimore Orioles, Orchard Orioles, and Bullock’s Orioles boast bright...

Mealworms for Bluebird: when, how & do it safety

I noted in my last blog article that “mealworms are the best food to feed...
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Out of Bird Food? Look in Your Cereal Box…

Have you ever looked out at your bird feeder, only to discover that it is...
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Attracting Birds With Grape Jelly

In my attempt several years ago to attract Orioles, I began putting oranges, apples and...
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Wet Seed No More

Ah…April showers…that means May flowers and often soggy birdseed in our feeders. Wet seed can...
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Baltimore Oriole Migration in the Southeast

Our first reader question has arrived! Carol from Northern Kentucky asks: Can you tell me...