You've no doubt heard the saying "it takes a village to raise a child." I know from personal experience how powerful a supportive community can be to human development. The concept also applies to ...

A peregrine falcon guards its three eggs in the nest box. Photo courtesy of MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Club. Perched atop Spartan Stadium, nestled near the press box, is an oasis for peregrine falcons ...

Nest boxes are a great way to observe your backyard birds. In fact, you will see behaviors that you never would have simply by feeding them. While the dynamics between different species at the feeder ...

Ornithologists or those of you that would like to watch the birds in your gardens a little more closely, might be interested in the Birdfy Nest launched via Kickstarter. The modern styled bird box ...

Two new falcons at the We Energies Port Washington plant have laid their first eggs. This marks the start of a new chapter for the nest box. The new female falcon will likely lay one or two more eggs ...

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?

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) With the help of an out-of-the-ordinary nest box, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore’s resident Northern ground hornbills have successfully hatched a chick. This is the second chick ...

I love the outdoors! In addition to being a gardener, I am an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. With that designation, I have been monitoring the bluebird trail in Austintown Township Park. There ...

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 ...

Drive down a narrow farm road anywhere in the Connecticut River valley, and you might just see a colorful American kestrel, North America's smallest falcon perched on a wire and twitching its tail. In ...

Cavity-nesting birds, like this black-cheeked woodpecker in Ecuador, rely on natural cavities, like the hole in this tree for nesting and reproductive success. (Daniel Karp, UC Davis) With an ...