Backyard Chirper

How to Prepare Your Birdbath for Winter

Here’s something that may surprise you: Offering birds drinking water when the temperatures dip to freezing is just as essential as offering water when the thermometer exceeds triple digits. Yes, summer…

Test Offers More Proof That Birds Can Count

Any backyard birder can tell you with confidence that birds are highly intelligent. Whether it’s the way they manage to get that last bit of bird seed out of a feeder…

Featured: Good Direction Enchanted Bird Feeder

Take one look at this weeks’s featured bird product and you’ll instantly fall under its spell. The Good Directions Enchanted Cat Bird Feeder not only attracts a range of species…

Featured: Pinebush Doughnut Peanut Feeder

From elegant woodpeckers to nimble nuthatches, many bird species love a good peanut in their diet. With the Pinebush Doughnut Peanut Feeder, you can serve up peanuts while simultaneously sprucing…

New Apps Will Identify Birds From Their Calls

It’s the app we’ve all been waiting for (now that Birdsnap is out): the “Shazam” of bird calls. Earlier this year, I wrote about a new app called Birdsnap that could…