Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...

Are the birds making the same racket, or is that beautiful music first thing in the morning at your house, like it is at mine? If you like the music of songbirds, I have great news for you. You can ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to ...

I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a friend’s ranch. Well, you know how that went, one became four and then eight on three different lakes. I was replacing some boxes that had ...

It would be nice to say, “Hang a birdhouse and they will come,” but attracting wild birds to nest in your yard isn’t quite so easy. Don’t get discouraged if your nesting box doesn’t draw birds the ...

Now's the time to put up your birdhouses. Nesting time for most birds is primarily from mid-April to the end of July. (Serge A. McCabe/2002) CORVALLIS, Ore. - It would be nice to say, "Hang a ...

There they were, bluebird houses on top of many of the fence posts that lined the road just west of Bickleton, the self-proclaimed Bluebird Capital of the World. It’s spring, and thousands of ...

When summer temperatures rise, backyard birds can face life-threatening conditions inside their nesting boxes. The small wooden shelters might seem like they have plenty of insulation for ...

Though barn owls aren't endangered, the population is "really hurting" in the northeastern United States, said Ron Weaner, a Dover Area High School teacher and a Pennsylvania Game Commission board ...

BURBANK -- Members of the Tri-Cities Ducks Unlimited chapter are seeking volunteers to help build new wood duck nesting boxes at McNary National Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 7. The boxes will replace ones ...