Woodpeckers, cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, and other year-round residents add life to a winter garden.

Meteorologist Derek Witt explains what our feathered friends need and where you can best spot them in this week’ s Metroparks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An empty red bird feeder hanging from a snow-coated branch - Oleg Gekman/Shutterstock The deep freeze of winter has settled over ...

It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures requires care, ...

Want more birds in your yard? These 9 unexpected foods—beyond basic birdseed—can bring in a wider variety of species.

Winter may mean less work in the garden, but there’s still a lot you can do to positively impact the birds in your community. Here are 10 relatively simple ways you can make a big difference. The ...

For many regions, winter feels like a time of dormancy. Trees are bare, mammals are hibernating, people are bed-rotting. While migratory birds do fly south for the winter, many seed- and insect-eating ...

Over many of the past several years it seems as though winter really gets started around early January. Well, that’s not the case this year, as we have been in full winter mode since mid-November.

Feathers are of course key to their winter success – these marvels of natural engineering are almost weightless yet extremely tough and weatherproof - take that, Gore-Tex. Layers of down and contour ...

Learn how eastern bluebirds share bird boxes in winter, what triggers this behavior, and which other backyard birds do it too ...

The deep freeze of winter has settled over the landscape, but your backyard doesn't have to feel empty or still. Yes, most of the songbirds you see in summer have long since departed for warmer climes ...