"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's something magical about watching birds up close. Their beautiful colors and alert eyes will fill ...

Winter mornings bring a special kind of magic when you spot colorful birds fluttering around your backyard feeder. Building DIY bird feeders offers an affordable way to attract wildlife while teaching ...

One of the main benefits of attracting birds to your garden or yard is seeing them in all of their glory. Their breathtaking colors, musical mating calls, and their sweeping glides through the air can ...

Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle. Not only do bird feeders bring more local ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Birds do all kinds of great things for a garden: Insect-eating birds can provide some pest control. And ...

Everyone enjoys going out for a good meal, right? The birds are no different! Consider a DIY bird feeder to host your feathered friends. Eating out has new meaning when you’re thinking of the birds.

My bird feeders lure Carolina wrens and tufted titmouses—titmice?—but I can't stand to see rodents raid the seeds. So I devised a fortified feeder. Hang a modified 2-liter soda bottle between two ...

With beauty comes the beast. The moment you set up a feeder for your beautiful bird guests, you’ll unknowingly invite scurries of those woolly-tailed squirrels. These pesky rodents will disappoint you ...

The cooler half of the year is right around the corner (though most of us don’t want to admit it!), and all over the northern hemisphere, little feathered friends will be looking for food to help them ...