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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.

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...
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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...