SEATTLE, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As wildlife habitats shrink, more Americans are discovering the joy, wonder, and real environmental benefits of feeding and watching wild birds — right in their ...

After dozens of dead waterfowl were discovered near Patchogue this week and an Aquebogue duck farm was forced to euthanize about 99,000 ducks last month, Long Island experts and community members ...

There is still time to plant vegetable transplants including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Swiss Chard, mustard greens, ...

Backyard birdwatchers shouldn’t be overly concerned about the highly contagious strain of bird flu found last week on a Lancaster County poultry farm “The birds most affected don’t often visit feeders ...

FILE - A mallard spreads his wings in the sun at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, ...

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 requires care, ...

With night temperatures regularly dipping below the freezing point now, the extra food provided by backyard feeders may help many birds get through winter. While there’s debate over the benefits — and ...

Birds that naturally and usually migrate will do so regardless of how many bird feeders might be filled with top-quality seeds. According to Cole’s Wild Bird Products Co., the long-held, widely ...

Chad Witko, an outreach biologist in Vernon, Vt., has been a birder since he was 3. His father was a waterfowl hunter and would bring birds home for him to examine. His mother helped him put homemade ...

Alan Zerbe, of Harrisburg, said he hadn’t a clue that “feeding the birds in my backyard would be so expensive.” During home confinement in the height of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year he ...

WASHINGTON – Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been the ...