Many kinds of birds will be frequent visitors to your backyard feeders if you offer them a steady supply of their favorite seeds. This is especially true in winter when natural food sources are less ...

The American goldfinch loves to eat thistle seeds. Thistle seeds found at garden centers for birds are sterile and are not the invasive thistles that will take over gardens and lawns. (Submitted photo ...

What kind of bird do you want to draw to your backyard? The seed makes the difference. Johnson County Extension For many, gardening and bird feeding go hand in hand. While not an expert, I admit I ...

The last Backyard Bird Count found that 52 million Americans feed wild birds in their yard. It brings countless hours of entertainment and it doesn’t take a lot of effort; however, it does take the ...

Looking for a little drama, action, color and entertainment on dreary winter days? It’s not all on the TV news either. It just might be outside your window at the bird feeder. Keeping a feeder full of ...

Back in the early 1900s, a magazine called Bird Lore was "published for the Audubon Societies." It contained field notes, bird club news and bird observations. I remember a statement about feeding ...

DEAR JOAN: Last year I bought a finch feeder and some Nyjer thistle for the goldfinches that visit my yard. I hung the feeder high up in my English holly tree where the birds were perching. Most of ...

This story is for the birds, especially the hungry ones that rely on backyard bird feeders to get them through the winter and early spring. There’s a nyjer seed shortage in the U.S. and Canada. Bird ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...