The cold and frost came upon us hard and fast this year. After the relentless rains we had all summer, I felt lucky that the clouds lifted for long enough to get the fall yard chores wrapped up before ...

While our wild bird neighbors aren’t exactly livestock, they bring such joy and entertainment to our family as they visit our yard and provide valuable pest control for our gardens and orchard that we ...

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Less food is available for birds in the colder and darker days of the year, so people are encouraged to provide supplemental food for birds in the winter months. Setting out bird feeders with ...

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Cakes of suet in a suet bird feeder will help sustain your avian friends through the winter. My mother gave me this recipe for making cakes for a suet bird feeder. Save the fat trimmings from beef, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ekaterina Zolina / Getty Images In the winter, when food from plants and insects is scarce, non-migratory birds are more reliant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you give a bird a muffin ... it's probably not the healthiest idea. But if the "muffin" is made from tasty fat and seeds, ...

Dozens of birds love suet, especially woodpeckers. But backyard bird hosts face a confusing array of packaged suet combos. How to choose? In short, it's not by price. True suet is the fat that ...

Suet cakes are affordable and available at most bird supply stores. "Suet cakes are just a few dollars each and can last for a week or more," says Stewart. Making your own suet cake is an option, too, ...