The wrong entrance hole, poor insulation or bad placement can turn a nest box from safe haven to hazard ...

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine recently shared a comprehensive round-up of gardening tasks to complete this month, with those ...

Twelve familiar UK garden birds will only use nest boxes that suit them; learn which species likes which box to turn empties into thriving homes.

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.

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that bluebirds were already checking out nesting boxes in our area. Putting up bluebird nesting boxes has enabled bluebird populations to rebound once again. A ...

Ornithologists or those of you that would like to watch the birds in your gardens a little more closely, might be interested in the Birdfy Nest launched via Kickstarter. The modern styled bird box ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

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 ...

Oliver Sparks’ Eagle Scout project is for the birds — literally. The Ligonier Valley High School senior recently attained the top Scouting rank by updating and augmenting boxes that support nesting by ...

Across the UK, tits, robins and sparrows are already inspecting nest boxes as National Nest Box Week begins. Here are five ...

In an effort to help tree swallows find homes and successfully breed, one woman is encouraging Halifax residents to build and ...

When I was growing up, my grandparents’ farm had a fence post that housed eastern bluebirds. These gorgeous little birds were ...