Do you enjoy watching wild birds in your yard? Most Arkansans do, and now is a perfect time to enhance those opportunities by building and installing nest boxes around your property. Many birds in The ...

L.F. asks: “Once a mom and dad have raised their young (in a birdhouse), and have 'kicked' the kids out, is it safe to clean out the birdhouse? I ask this because I wonder if some other bird might ...

The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Budding ornithologists will be all too familiar with the joy of ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

Feeders, water and birdhouses are three good ways to bring birds to your yard. The latter offers pleasures the former do not. Birds that nest in houses or boxes are obligate cavity nesters: obligated ...

The difference between nesting boxes and birdhouses can be difficult to define. For example, it might seem obvious that a nesting box is somewhere for birds to nest and lay eggs, but what's a birdbox?

Clean-out doors in the bluebird boxes at Hickory Grove Park were closed earlier in March. They were left open all winter to discourage deer mice and house sparrows from moving in. A few bluebirds hang ...

Our American kestrels need more nests. The numbers of North America’s smallest falcon have been in freefall since the 1960s and are now down by half due to loss of habitat, predation by Cooper’s hawks ...

SWIFT nest boxes have gone up near one of the county's highest pubs so people can watch the majestic birds in flight as they return for the summer. In total eight swift boxes have been installed in ...