In the silence between moments, a bird arrives and departs. Only the gentle sway of a branch and a scattering of seeds remain ...

Goldfinches are like ketchup: First non'll come and then a lot'll. Apologies to Ogden Nash, who initially wrote, "The Catsup Bottle — First a little and then a lottle." And to Richard Armour, who ...

In pondering my last ten years in the wild bird specialty business, I know northern Nevada customers’ favorite bird has to be the Lesser Goldfinch. When there is an abundance of goldfinch at feeders, ...

A number of us who feed birds in the winter stop feeding during the summer because of plentiful natural food and to break the connection between bird seed and rodents. If you miss the action provided ...

The peanuts for our bird feeders, bought at the Westport co-op, came from Argentina in a 50kg sack that took both of us to haul from the car boot into a wheelbarrow. Bulk purchase saves money and time ...

The change of seasons and a series of cool fronts brings northern birds to North Florida and South Georgia. They try to take advantage of northerly winds to help them on their journey. Some, such as ...

DEAR JOAN: My husband enjoys watching the finches feed from the Kaytee Ultra Wild Finch Super Sock feeder. Unfortunately, the socks seem to get burned-looking holes in it from the birds and then all ...

Q: All of a sudden the goldfinches are inundating my finch feeders, so much so that I counted 14 males in a feeding frenzy recently. I'm wondering why there are so many and why they fight each other ...

We have gotten the first reports of ruby-throats moving through San Antonio and taking advantage of sugar water feeders in addition to flowers in the landscape. Bird baths will attract both year-round ...