"It's so important to keep Wisconsin's birds well-fed, especially because they go on this long migratory journey down south, most of them, twice a year and they really need to fuel up for that ...

A recent study has explored how changes in moth abundance affect insect-eating birds in Finland. The findings, published in Ecology Letters, reveal that the impact of moths as a food source varies ...

The evolution of insect-eating birds may have spurred rapid changes in the flight ability of ancient cicadas, according to ...

Along with nicer days, insect populations increase during spring and summertime and the arrival of some insect-eating birds is often one of the first signs of the approaching spring season.

After reading that insect-eating birds need grit to aid digestion, I bought a five-pound bag of chicken grit from a local farm store, scattered a cupful along the edge of the concrete driveway ...

At suet feeders, choose “no-melt” versions to attract nut- and insect-eating birds year-round. Besides changes in abundance, there are also changes in the behavior of backyard birds in the summer.

Birds found the spills within a day and half on average. They also found neonicotinoid-treated seeds on the soil surface in 35 percent of the 71 recently planted fields examined.

Because people generally encourage these handsome, insect-eating birds to nest nearby, barn swallows have evaded the now-common plight of severe avian decline.

In the case of mourning doves, Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approved a hunt in 2000 after 30 years of debate and serial rejection of the idea. The hunt was litigated for four years until ...

For the adventurous, mealworms can be put out to entice insect-eating birds like bluebirds and a variety of other species, without attracting the attention of the four-legged.

Birds of a feather flock together—at least when their diets and habitats are conducive to sociable behavior, according to research on weaver birds. There are 118 species of weaver birds, and ...

A recent study has explored how changes in moth abundance affect insect-eating birds in Finland. The findings, published in ...