Like many in the Northland, I like to feed birds during the winter. Though there are some who keep their feeders stocked throughout the year, I begin the feeding as we reach November. With chilly ...

I’ve never calculated how much I spend each year on bird seed, but it’s considerable. I know some people who spend a lot more, who think nothing of buying big bags of two or three kinds of specialized ...

This native shrub has beautiful flowers, stunning foliage, and delicious berries. Birds not only visit for the fruit but also ...

The dark-eyed junco is our common winter visitor, one of the sparrows that knows how to hide and survive. Sparrows know how to hide, even in the winter when hiding places are scarce. These little ...

When winter sets in, you can still attract birds to your yard by creating a show-stopping berry garden that can help feed ...

D.C.’s perennial orchid extravaganza is here this weekend with the 70th edition of the National Capital Orchid Society’s annual show. Through Monday, Behnke Nurseries in Beltsville, Maryland, will ...

Among birders, sparrows tend to be disrespected or at least ignored. Most are small, drab little brown birds. Brightly colored show stoppers such as yellow-throated warblers, Baltimore orioles, and ...

When snow falls upon my yard in good amounts, I look for hardy winter birds just 5.5 inches long and weighing about as much as a slice of bread to appear beneath my feeders. They’re called American ...

In the early part of April, there were sometimes two dozen mallards on my mostly icy home pond. There was one male who was not fully “dressed’” —while all the other males in the group had long since ...

Come late October/early November, the American tree sparrows descend on Ohio’s meadows. To these plucky little songbirds, Ohio’s winters are its Florida vacation. Tree sparrows breed as far north as ...