Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds of various sizes and colors flocking to your yard may be a common sight in the spring and summer, but what about the winter?

Birds instinctively know where to find shelter, but we can help them survive a tough winter, writes Hans Kunze.

Many bird species will use nesting boxes for the spring and summer but then migrate south when the weather turns cold. However, there are other species that spend the winter here that can benefit ...

Regular bird boxes don't work in winter because most bird nesting boxes are designed for spring and summer breeding rather than winter survival. During colder months, birds must cope with low ...

If you’re working to attract more birds to your yard, remember that they need shelter as well as food. One way to provide shelter, even if you don’t have heavy shrubbery and tree cover, is with a ...

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 ...

We’ve had a bit of extreme cold already this winter, and there likely is much more on the way. That will be challenging for our backyard birds, but here are some things we can do to give them a boost: ...

It doesn’t feel like it has been four years since we moved into our Essex home. We are blessed with a wooded backyard with a stream running through it. It is no surprise that we have added bird ...