For the last two years of his life, my dad lived in a Yakima nursing home. His room faced a courtyard garden where many of the residents hung bird feeders. We spent hours together, just watching the ...

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An American professor is studying the positive effects on humans of bird feeding after observing a family member’s strong attachment to the hobby. Ashley Dayer is an associate professor in the Fish ...

While Michigan deals with an outbreak of a deadly avian flu, spring bird migration is also about to peak, which may have some backyard bird watchers unsure whether to keep filling up their feeders.

The beginning of COVID-19 lockdowns forced many to seek safer ways to connect with nature, and new research shows that bird-feeding around the world dramatically increased. But is it actually okay to ...

The last of the leaves are hanging on but shorter, cooler days remind us that the next season is approaching – the bird feeding season. Legions of backyard birders are swinging into action, ready for ...

Seeds and fat balls do more than just fill small birds' stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes birds to be healthier, since they do not ...