Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the ...

The types of birds that you attract in your yard can play a big role in the type of nesting activity that you'll see in your ...

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

5 birds that love boxes — nest boxes, that is. March 31, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. by Keith Sutton ...

Many North American birds are cavity-nesters — that is, they nest in holes in trees and fence posts. Woodpeckers can use their strong bills to chisel holes to create their ...

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 ...

My official word on nest boxes is to clean them out in the offseason. Cleaning out bird boxes and letting the birds “start fresh” each nesting season doesn’t hurt; if anything, it helps!

So between broods, evidence says to clean out the boxes as soon as birds fledge. At the end of the season, however, another study by W. H. Davis and colleagues (1994) found that bluebirds ...

Birds will indeed use nest boxes to roost in during the winter. If you’d like to provide a cozy roost for them, I recommend placing a couple of inches of natural (no preservatives added) wood ...

Many of our birds are cavity nesters, that is, they nest in holes in trees and fence posts. Woodpeckers can use their strong bills to chisel holes to create their own cavities.

While the nesting birds are a good indicator that the ecological recovery of the Hudson, the nests can pose some risks to the approximately 20,000 vehicles per day who cross the Bear Mountain Bridge.