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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.

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Feeder Birds in the Rio Grande Valley

I am lucky to be down in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas helping to...

Attracting Birds for Less

Save money with these tips for feeding and attracting birds.

Bully Birds at Feeders

Learn how to keep starlings, grackles, and other so-called bully birds away from your feeders.

Why Feed Birds?

A birdwatcher explains why he loves feeding birds.

Top 10 Tips to Attract Birds to Your Feeders

Try these tried-and-true ways to attracting birds to your birdfeeders.

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.

How to Make Birdseed Suet Cupcakes

Feed birds with this simple and fun homemade birdseed suet recipe. Learn how easy it...

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...

Offer Safflower Seed at Bird Feeders to Deter Squirrels

Squirrels and bully birds may ignore safflower seed, but many beloved songbirds will still come...

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...