Attracting Birds

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wondering what birds can eat? Attract birds with occasional treats that you have stocked in the kitchen. Offer peanut butter,...

This oriole nectar recipe combines several of orioles' favorite foods such as oranges and grape jelly. Try it in your...

Get tips on how to attract goldfinches to your backyard. Learn what seeds goldfinches eat from feeders and flowers, and...

Choose the best type of evergreen tree or shrub for your yard and learn how to keep it healthy. These...

Learn all about the pyrrhuloxia, or desert cardinal, a bird found in the Southwest. Experts describe what this species looks...

Attract birds, butterflies and bees with beautiful native plants that are easy to grow. Choose these plants to add color...

Spring is here, and it's almost time to look for bird nests and baby birds. Learn what a baby oriole...

Attract more species to visit your feeders during migration season. Follow these proven tips for feeding birds in spring from...

See photos of cedar waxwing babies and learn about cedar waxwing nests, including what the baby birds eat and when...

We’ve got answers for all your backyard birdwatching problems, including cleaning feeders and bird baths, deterring backyard pests and helping...

Looking for a new tree to add to your yard? Grow a majestic Eastern red cedar tree to provide food...

What bird lays blue eggs? What do cardinal eggs look like? Look at photos to help you identify bird eggs...

Learn what time of year when bluebirds nest, what bluebird eggs look like, and how many broods these colorful songbirds...

What is the best bluebird house location? The bird experts answer the question to help birders attract nesting bluebirds.

Be a bluebird champion! Provide a bluebird box and become a volunteer bluebird monitor to help bluebirds survive and thrive.

Prepare for bird nesting season! Learn the materials birds need to build nests, how to protect nesting birds from predators...

Birding experts and readers offer their best tips to create shelter and protect birds from the snow, wind and cold...

Once the weather turns cold, it's time to put out suet for your backyard birds. Follow these proven tips to...