Feeding wild birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible disease risks to the very birds that we are feeding ...

These innovative bird feeders might attract all those chickadees and parrots but experts warn that they don't come without a ...

Transmission has largely been documented in poultry. While hummingbirds are likely safe, bird feeders could attract infected ...

Around 900,000 Iowans and upwards of 80 million Americans -- either in winter or year-round – enjoy attracting wild birds to ...

It’s winter, the snow is falling, you’re cold, and the birds outside your home are chilled – and hungry, too. What should you do for them? First, be aware that feeding wild creatures ...

These are nut feeders, often constructed from rigid steel mesh. This, the organisation provides the "only safe method of offering nuts to wild birds." It continued: "Seed feeders are designed for ...

At a time when North American bird populations are declining dramatically, the number of people watching them is increasing.

Marin Plank truly had no interest in birds when she gave her husband a camera-equipped bird feeder for his birthday. But by Christmas, she had become so obsessed with birds that most of the gifts ...

As a wildlife ecologist and a birder, I know it’s important to understand how humans influence bird populations, whether feeding poses risks to wild birds ... abundance of feeder birds impacts ...

If you're a gardener, it's time to get those bird feeders topped up and ready for the cold weather. When temperatures plummet, wild birds have to work extra hard to survive. They burn through huge ...