Look at that spot-chested young robin, hopping blithely across the lawn, stopping here and there as it searches for a meal. And take note of a young blue jay perched on a branch, gulping down a ...

Gardening during the winter is an altogether different experience compared to the summer. Throughout the warmer months you ...

The American robin is one of the most familiar backyard birds in the U.S.—so familiar, in fact, it’s the official state bird of Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Michigan. With their bright orange bellies ...

Walking along a river trail recently, some birding friends and I stopped to stare in astonishment at an unusual sight, a hummingbird flitting near the base of a big oak. Almost at ground level, she ...

Robins are ground-foraging birds, so changing the way you feed them could attract more to your yard. Find out what type of feeder is best for robins.

SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN -- You might be noticing near your yard or home quite a few nests starting to be built. From mid-April through the end of May, most of Wisconsin's many bird species will be ...

Outside my dining room window a robin is building a nest. Every morning, I stand in silence, watching in awe as nature takes its course. She flies in and out of the leafless dogwood tree with bits of ...

For birds, the spring and summer months are spent establishing a nesting territory, attracting a mate, building a nest and raising one or more broods of young. Nesting cycles vary with different ...

An American robin infuriates me every morning when it raids the tray of mealworms that I’ve placed on a pole to feed my nesting bluebirds. I know the robin needs nutrition to energize its own nest ...