But as the days get colder and food and water sources become scarce, they won’t return if you don’t follow through with your ...

Before a storm hits — or during breaks in the weather — stock up on winter bird supplies such as seed, extra feeders and even extra birdhouses. Black oil sunflower seed or blends that are high ...

For people who enjoy backyard birds, there’s no joy quite like looking outside on a winter’s day to see their bird feeders bustling with Northern cardinals, blue jays, black-capped chickadees ...

Here are some things to know if you decide to feed wild birds this winter. Commercially mixed bird seed appeals to a wider variety of species, says the Wild Bird Feeding Institute. They commonly ...

Here at home, the bird feeding station is ready for winter birds. We hope that this winter will bring us some evening grosbeaks or redpolls – and if we are really lucky, some crossbills.

Or think about the hermit thrush, he said, another bird we both now see year-round, which even 20 years ago was unheard-of. Once, their species had no genetic history of winter survival in the north.

Its name alone, downy woodpecker, exudes a sense of warmth, and if you have any trees in your neighborhood, you most likely can find this bird even on the most inhospitable days of winter.