Volunteers are working across the state to make sure birds have adequate nesting opportunities. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported 58 state parks monitored 2,600 bird boxes ...

Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the region. It is part of the Save our Swifts campaign which is being launched by ...

Nest-box checking has begun. And we are finding eggs and complete nests and anticipate lots of new fledglings. I check the five boxes at the Uplands Habitat on F Street next to the North Davis Ponds ...

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 ...

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The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

Feeders, water and birdhouses are three good ways to bring birds to your yard. The latter offers pleasures the former do not. Birds that nest in houses or boxes are obligate cavity nesters: obligated ...

Cavity-nesting birds, like this black-cheeked woodpecker in Ecuador, rely on natural cavities, like the hole in this tree for nesting and reproductive success. (Daniel Karp, UC Davis) With an ...

Q: A pair of bluebirds nested in one of our nest boxes this summer, and I'm wondering how summer heat affects the just-hatched young birds. Are they at risk? A: That extremely hot weather in mid-July ...

"Wherever you live on this island, there are birds nesting nearby," writes Michael Charnofsky. Crab Cove is an especially ...