What food can attract bushtits, three kinds of nuthatches, mountain chickadees, juniper titmice, juncos and three different jays? Most of these birds like birdseed, but they all like peanuts. Jays can ...

It couldn’t be simpler. The feeder is a wire-mesh cylinder, encased by plastic. You fill the cylinder with unshelled peanuts ...

12:57, Mon, Aug 18, 2025 Updated: 12:57, Mon, Aug 18, 2025 Gardeners are being urged to leave peanut butter on bird tables this summer. The nutty paste is perfect for birds at this time of year, say ...

Mexican Jays (Aphelocoma wollweberi) distinguish between heavier and lighter peanuts without opening the nuts. The birds do it by shaking the nuts in their beaks, which allows them to 'feel' nut ...

It’s a pleasant surprise when a little effort to hang a feeder for one type of bird pays off with another. In this case, the surprise turned into the latest installment in the backyard birding video ...