Nest boxes are birdhouse alternatives that suit hummingbirds, who don't favor full enclosures. This DIY comes together with ...

Nesting boxes were an important factor in rebuilding wood duck numbers during the 20th century. (Steve Knight/Tyler Morning Telegraph) I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a ...

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...

Natural predators come in all sizes, shapes and classes. There are generalists that eat whatever they can get a hold of to specialists that just hunt and consume certain species in a particular way.

There they were, bluebird houses on top of many of the fence posts that lined the road just west of Bickleton, the self-proclaimed Bluebird Capital of the World. It’s spring, and thousands of ...

The Bluebird is New York's state bird, and it needs residents' help to maintain and grow numbers here. The reason the birds are losing habitat, is because they like to nest in cavities of old trees.

In about six weeks, cavity-nesting birds such as chickadees and bluebirds will begin collecting nesting material to build their nests. So it’s time to build or buy some nest boxes so the birds have ...

If you're looking for a totally natural way to control the pest numbers in your yard, there's one very pretty songbird you ...

Native bees are a natural hidden treasure. From forests and coastal wetlands, to farms and urban gardens, there are over 3,500 native bee species in the United States providing an invaluable ecosystem ...