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 ...

If you’re a lover of wildlife, inviting a more varied population of birds into your yard is always a goal. Owls, with their natural pest-control abilities, are an often-overlooked friend to the garden ...

Gardens will be a perfect place for the birds to raise a family if one gardening job gets ticked off the list before the end ...

When summer temperatures rise, backyard birds can face life-threatening conditions inside their nesting boxes. The small wooden shelters might seem like they have plenty of insulation for ...

The majority of British robins don’t migrate in the winter - Sloot Gardening during the winter is an altogether different experience compared to the summer. Throughout the warmer months you become ...

The baby robins at columnist John Kelly’s home grew fat from worms and mulberries. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly “Do not build your nest there,” we said when we noticed a ...

As winter approaches, we're on the lookout for splashes of colour, often found in the form of a tiny robin's red breast in our gardens. However, these charming garden birds are quite particular about ...

Walking along a river trail recently, some birding friends and I stopped to stare in astonishment at an unusual sight, a hummingbird flitting near the base of a big oak. Almost at ground level, she ...

Robins will be looking for nesting sites as early as January - and bird experts say there's one important garden job you can ...