It takes more than a cute box—here’s how to make birds choose your birdhouse.

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One of my goals for the year was to attract eastern bluebirds to my backyard. They were frequent visitors a few years ago and then made themselves scarce. I saw them teasing me from the neighbor's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ger Bosma / Getty Images Many of our favorite songbirds use birdhouses for nesting and staying warm in winter. Birdhouses provide ...

"What should I look for in buying a birdhouse?" a friend asked recently. It was a good question and I wish I'd had a more straightforward answer than "It depends." The choice of a birdhouse (aka nest ...

Recently, as artists and architects have turned their attention outdoors, they have started putting their creative chops to ...

Birdhouses are for the birds. Seems obvious, right? Still, many homeowners put out “cute” birdhouses without much thought about what the birds, themselves, find attractive. And when that happens, the ...

A pair of wrens has moved into a birdhouse in my yard. The wrens have been single-minded in their quest for twigs and other nesting materials. By the end of the month, there could be as many as 10 ...

A group of children spent the last month studying Maine birds, keeping a journal and building their own bird houses.

Many of our favorite songbirds use birdhouses for nesting and staying warm in winter. Birdhouses provide a suitable place for birds to raise young when the habitat doesn't—which is often the case in ...