Attracting Birds

Readers share their best suet recipes and tips for feeding suet to backyard birds. Save money and attract more birds...

Follow these simple tips to provide food sources for the hungry migrating fall birds that visit your backyard as the...

Seeds, fruits, fats, nuts and more create a calorie-dense treat for birds. Here’s how to serve suet for birds. Learn...

What foods do bluebirds eat in cold weather during winter? Do all bluebirds migrate? Our bird experts answer your questions.

If you want to know to attract cedar waxwings to your yard, you need to know, what do cedar waxwings...

The votes are in—see if your favorite bird made our list of the cutest birds in America. Then get the...

What do nuthatches eat? Attract acrobatic nuthatches to your yard by offering a buffet of their favorite foods and seeds...

Winter will be upon us soon and your feathered friends need suet for energy. Check out the best suet feeder...

Learn more about the red-headed woodpecker, including what males and females look like, what they eat, and what their call...

Native ornamental grasses attract seed eating and nesting birds to backyards. Some grasses also serve as host plants for butterflies.

Brown thrashers are excellent mimics and sing more than 1,000 tunes. Learn about these elusive songbirds and how to identify...

Peanuts aren't actually nuts and don't grow on trees, but the birds and squirrels in your backyard love to eat...

Bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman make feeding birds in summer incredibly easy with achievable backyard hints and tricks.

With the right plants, your backyard can become a goldfinch sanctuary. Here's the garden plants and flowers goldfinches love most.

With spectacular breeding plumage, delicate mating displays, and adorable babies, great egrets are fun to watch during bird nesting season.

Get expert tips on attracting orioles. Find out how to bring more oriole birds, including Baltimore oriole birds, to your...

If you want to feed these bold birds in your backyard, you need to know what blue jays eat. Experts...

Bird moms work hard to raise their babies. Check out our collection of sweet photos of bird mothers with their...

Blue jays are smart, bold and beautiful birds. Learn how to attract blue jays, what males, females and babies look...

Nesting season is not done yet! Learn the bird nesting basics of these late nesters and find out how to...

One of our editors tried Brome's Squirrel Buster Plus bird feeder in her backyard. Find out what happened and if...

Want to attract gorgeous scarlet tanagers to your backyard? Try offering orange halves and you might get a surprising special...

Cardinals are beloved backyard birds. To attract more redbirds, fill these cardinal bird feeders with their favorite types of birdseed.

With a little landscape planning and their favorite types of seed at your bird feeder, you can attract indigo buntings...

There’s many types of sugar water feeders to choose from. Check out four of the best hummingbird feeder styles for...

Want to attract bluebirds to nest in your yard? Make a bluebird box! These DIY bluebird house plans meet the...

So fluffy! Backyard birders and nature lovers share their heartwarming encounters and pictures of small, cute baby birds.

Follow these simple tips to make your yard a dream destination for birds. Learn how to attract birds by fulfilling...

Get the answers to everything you've wondered about your hummingbird feeders, like what to put in a hummingbird feeder and...