In about six weeks, cavity-nesting birds such as chickadees and bluebirds will begin collecting nesting material to build their nests. So it’s time to build or buy some nest boxes so the birds have ...

We installed a barn owl nest box in a backyard tree. We want to attract owls so they will eat rodents that are active at night. But fox squirrels moved into the owl nest box and are using it for their ...

The difference between nesting boxes and birdhouses can be difficult to define. For example, it might seem obvious that a nesting box is somewhere for birds to nest and lay eggs, but what's a birdbox?

Natural predators come in all sizes, shapes and classes. There are generalists that eat whatever they can get a hold of to specialists that just hunt and consume certain species in a particular way.

In deepest, dankest winter, thoughts of spring bring a bit of cheer. So, to start thinking about spring, what better task than to build a nest box or two? You may, of course, buy commercially made ...

Do you enjoy watching wild birds in your yard? Most Arkansans do, and now is a perfect time to enhance those opportunities by building and installing nest boxes around your property. Many birds in The ...

Bird nesting season will begin in a couple months, and a volunteer with the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society is offering to teach residents the ins and outs of building and monitoring nest boxes.

Abi Gazzard received funding from the People's Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households ...

An Australian conservation group which set up nests for fluffy pygmy possums on a nature reserve was shocked to discover dozens of huge spiders had moved in instead. The photo shared by Bush Heritage ...

The We Energies peregrine falcon family is growing. Two new chicks hatched Friday morning at the utility's Oak Creek Power Plant nest box. The two chicks are the first to be born this season in the We ...

Tim Driscoll suspected something was wrong when the oldest of the three peregrine falcon chicks hatched this spring atop the UND water tower simply disappeared. A licensed bander and raptor expert, ...