In this month's "Cultivating Success in the Farm & Garden" column, Hubbard County U of M Extension educator shares the ...

You can safely put out food for birds in wintertime if you take some simple precautions. While feeding birds isn’t necessary ...

As it is expected to get pretty darn cold around here starting Sunday, I thought a column concerning feeding birds is in ...

Around 900,000 Iowans and upwards of 80 million Americans -- either in winter or year-round – enjoy attracting wild birds to ...

This can be a tough time of year to be a backyard bird. Lush gardens and seed-laden vegetation have withered and blown away, ...

Back to some other northern visitors to watch for: rough-legged hawk, snow buntings, common redpolls, evening grosbeaks, ...

Alternatively, pigeon-proof feeders, typically designed with angles making it difficult ... Another method to stop pigeons from hogging all the food is to offer less appealing options like nyjer seed, ...

Do you want to make sure your feathered friends are nourished during the winter? These are the best bird foods to help them ...

Nyjer seeds, which you may also see called thistle ... such as pine siskins and goldfinches. Specialized feeders, such as Gray Bunny's Thistle Feeder, offer smaller perches and only tiny holes to help ...

“For example, thistle seed (also called nyjer} attracts finches primarily ... favorite foods using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds Interactive,” Grieg says. Peanuts—shelled ...

Cleaning the feeders once every two weeks is typically ... Small-billed siskins and finches like Nyjer seed, while at the other end of the spectrum, cardinals and grosbeaks favor large safflower ...