When summer temperatures rise, backyard birds can face life-threatening conditions inside their nesting boxes. The small wooden shelters might seem like they have plenty of insulation for cavity ...

Birds make nests over front doors, on porches and patios, ... Make sure your nest box does not have a perch, or a peg right below the entrance — birds don’t use them, ...

Q: A pair of bluebirds nested in one of our nest boxes this summer, and I'm wondering how summer heat affects the just-hatched young birds. Are they at risk? A: That extremely hot weather in mid ...

There are three owl species in Indiana that could use more nesting boxes: the barn owl, barred owl and Eastern screech owl. Here's what to do.

Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...

In 2020, swifts were added to the UK's red list of birds most need of conservation with their population having declined by 66% between 1995 and 2022. "If it carries on this way, the swifts that visit ...