Chelsea Curry is a second-generation bird-watcher, so she knew she was seeing something special in February 2020, when a handsome lemon-yellow songbird made his first appearance at her bird feeders.

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No one is suggesting that northern cardinals somehow be prevented from visiting backyard bird feeders. And it's doubtful that many backyard birders, who tend to cherish the bright red bird, would ...

The bird is eating seeds like that guy from System of a Down in that one song. Birds, like most animals, spend significant amounts of time looking for food. While wild birds don’t depend on your seed, ...

Feb 10, 2018 Feb 10, 2018 Updated Dec 28, 2022 One common backyard bird that may be taken for granted also has romantic attributes worthy of Valentine’s Day. In the brown bleakness of mid-winter, the ...

You could use a toy from the 1940s could help keep squirrels away from your feeders — and you may even get a show.

In late January, something odd appeared on Charlie Stephenson’s bird feeder in Alabaster, Alabama. It looked just like a cardinal—the bright crimson bird common across the eastern United States—except ...

Marin Plank of Concord, N.H., truly had no interest in birds when she gave her husband a camera-equipped bird feeder for his birthday. But by Christmas, she had become so obsessed with it that most of ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has received reports of sick and dead cardinals in north Florida from concerned residents with bird feeders. Initial reports via the online wild ...