It's important to provide birds with the right feed when they visit your yard. Expert Jennifer Tyrell tells us what to know before using fruit and seed blends.

A new seed treatment designed to keep birds away from freshly planted fields has received regulatory approval. Arkion life Science LLC. recently gained approval for its Avipel bird repellent from ...

Although many plants have gone dormant, the winter garden is still an active place. Birds are feasting on last season's seed heads, filling their bellies and dropping seeds all over the ground. These ...

If you still want to help the local bird population out, try planting some native fruit-bearing plants such as toyon, serviceberry, or holly-leaf cherry. Leave seed heads on flowers so the birds ...

For no-grow bird seed, we tested eight well-known brands ... Any seed that germinated was allowed to grow on so we could see whether the resulting plants were invasive or could be problematic. We also ...

trees and plants like dogwood, holly, cedar, Virginia creeper, sassafras, sumac and American bittersweet. Ground-foraging birds will find seeds that fall from summer’s flowers. Leaf litter can ...