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Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

DEAR JOAN: We live in the Oakland Hills, close to Skyline High School, and the bird feeder on our patio has been a real joy as we watch the birds enjoy it. Two or three weeks ago, we needed to fill it ...

Winter is a great time to feed birds in your backyard with a suet feeder. Just make sure the suet stays fresh and the feeder ...

A great window-gazing pleasure is watching how the backyard squirrels can contort themselves into amazing and often comical positions to steal seed from my neighbor's bird feeder. While I might ...

Q: I have two bird-feeder questions: Are the inexpensive mixes worth getting? And if we want to have cardinals, what kind of seed should we have? A: For a number of years, I would purchase safflower ...

When it comes to feeding the feathered friends in your yard, all bird seeds are not created equal. Different birds prefer different sizes, shapes and flavors. While tossing down some bird seed is sure ...

By Dan and Barbara Gleason This month, the Garden Palette is offering something different. Gardens attract insects and ...

There's a simple thing people can do to encourage birds to visit their gardens time and time again. While many focus on bird feeders, there's actually something they need even more during winter ...