A male and female Indigo Bunting have just landed on my feeder. Is there a particular food I should give them? Will they be around all summer? –Amy, Orleans, MA You win, Amy, As I was finishing up ...

The indigo bunting is one of the reasons spring is such a wonderful time of the year to watch the visitors to feeders. This small songbird likes to reside in the boundary region where forests and ...

A. There are a variety of foods you can offer orioles, and I have had success with cut-up oranges. Although I have never tried the following, they may work: I have read peaches, berries and bananas, ...

(BPT) - Sparrows to doves, mockingbirds to magpies, every bird that visits your backyard this season will bring its unique brand of delight. Yet when a particularly colorful species shows up, you ...

Keep your eyes open now for winged critters, their feathers flashing bright red, glinting iridescent blue, or shining yellow like the sun. It’s migration season. Our winter bird visitors are about ...

Birdfeeding is no longer the fall and winter hobby it was 20 years ago. Today it’s a year-round pursuit enjoyed by millions of people, from setting up elaborate backyard stations to tossing popcorn ...

Paying extra attention to your feeders this time of year may bring glimpses of some breathtakingly beautiful songbirds that many Georgians rarely, if ever, see. The birds include rose-breasted ...

The indigo bunting is a sparrow-sized bird at 5.5 inches in length. It is stocky with a short tail and conical bill. The male indigo bunting lives up to its name. During the summer breeding season it ...

I enjoyed a recent excursion to coastal South Carolina, which provided me a change to look for birds at such locations as Huntington Beach State Park and Brookgreen Gardens. These two attractions are ...

These last couple of weeks, no bird has made itself known to me more than the indigo bunting, a sparrow-sized songbird that, true to its name, is vivid indigo in color. Well, at least the males; the ...