"If you're going on vacation and aren't able to have someone change out the sugar water every 3 days or so, it’s best to just ...

Looking at our backyard bird feeding station on a sunny Saturday afternoon, there was not a bird in sight. What’s going on? It didn’t take me long to spot the issue. A sharp-shinned hawk was perched ...

Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one. A reader recently wrote to ask me what ...

Yes, a number of hawks hunt and eat smaller birds, and the sight of them strikes terror in the hearts of our backyard birds. If you've ever watched a crowd of ...

We always enjoy the many hungry birds that come in to the feeder in winter. Constant movement of small birds in and out of the platform feeders and suet stations offer intriguing scenes. It is ...