Do European Starlings and Common Grackles have you running outside into the backyard, arms waving, to scare them off of the suet feeder? It’s a common problem, but one way to curb their visits is to ...

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...

Shelled peanuts have been very popular these past months! They are 100% edible and easily accessible while offering essential energy. Look at the Carolina wren, chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch and ...

Like many Northlanders, I have been maintaining bird feeders throughout the cold days of January. A subzero day with a snowpack of a foot becomes an even more terrific winter scene with the addition ...

The arrival of Valentine’s Day tends to direct our attention to that certain special someone in our life that stands out as being particularly important in the realm of amore. For me, that certain ...

SOUTH NEWFANE The red-bellied woodpecker is an established Vermont bird, on its way to becoming as common as the many other flatlanders that have moved north to make the state its home. The ...

The birds at our feeders have been busy beyond anything I have believed. The activity at the feeders, especially at the two safflower seed feeders, keep me busy, and as I write this, they promise to ...

Earlier this season, I wrote about the pileated woodpecker, a spectacular bird that reaches the northwestern edge of its range in eastern North Dakota. The part about the edge of its range could be ...