Concern about how climate change affects food security usually focuses on agriculture in resource-poor countries. But disruptions to weather patterns threaten food supplies for wildlife too. Walk ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...

On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes. At the first bluebird nest box, a ...

Eastern bluebirds are checking out bird houses. They're getting ready for the nesting season. Are your bird houses in place and ready? While bluebirds have been here all winter, migratory tree ...

Birds are usually very choosy about where to put their nests. Some species prefer a site right next to a tree trunk where the nest is supported by small side branches, while others favor the ends of ...

Introduction -- 2010. Starved in the nest -- 2011. Devotion to the last fledgling -- 2012. A successful clutch -- 2013. Clutch size and weather wipeouts -- 2014. Nesting novice ; Experiments with ...

The tree swallow is typically a straightforward enough bird to identify, even for newer birders. With shiny, almost ...