(BPT) – Raising backyard chickens has become increasingly popular, and an estimated 10.6 million U.S. households — from city dwellers to rural residents — own poultry. However, many of these backyard ...

Turning your backyard into a haven for birds is one of the most rewarding experiences for any garden lover. The splash of ...

Do you love the sound of cheerful chirping songbirds in the morning? Do you enjoy backyard bird watching? These are good reasons to create bird-friendly yards. If you want to encourage birds in your ...

A bird feeder alone isn't enough to draw avian friends to your yard. If you're not getting as many winged visitors as you'd ...

DENVER — This can be a tough time of year to be a backyard bird. Lush gardens and seed-laden vegetation have withered and blown away, heavy snowfalls (remember that?!) bury any natural sources of wild ...

You don’t need more feeders to support backyard birds. From planting choices to lazier routines, these simple ideas provide ...

Amy Tan has always loved nature. From the age of eight, the novelist was plucking snakes and lizards from a creek near her suburban home in Northern California. But birds entered the picture much ...

SAN DIEGO — Veterinarians at the San Diego Humane Society are urging backyard chicken owners to take precautions against bird flu, despite no positive cases reported in the county so far. Dr. Danielle ...

In recent years, the desire to grow or produce one’s own food has become increasingly popular, and with good reason.. After living through a pandemic and struggling with ongoing high grocery prices ...

Octogenarian Maeve Kim and college student Isaac Wood-Lewis explain the broad appeal of birding for all ages, especially in the winter bird-feeder season.

The celebrated author wrote a bestseller on birding. This is how she got started. Writer Amy Tan scours her yard in Sausalito, California for birds. Her recently published book, The Backyard Bird ...