With all the options available, how do you know if you have chosen the best hummingbird feeder? After all, hummingbird feeders come in a huge array of sizes, shapes and styles – but which one is best…

How often should you really refill your nectar? It is easy to see when birdseed feeders need to be refilled – when they're empty, they need refilling! Refilling nectar feeders takes a bit more conside…

Nuts are a bird superfood, but before birders go crazy offering different nuts to backyard birds, it is important to understand why nuts are nutritious for birds, which nuts are best and how to offer…

What is a mulberry, you ask? Well, according to Gilbert H. Trafton, in his book Methods of Attracting Birds, “the best all around fruit (for attracting birds) is the mulberry, either white or Russian.…

My first memories of birding, of nature really, were born in what I like to think of as my “prime.” I couldn’t have been much more than five years-old, tagging along-side my grandfather, and casual wi…