To help reduce the amount of poisons in the environment, farmers and property owners can establish high numbers of rodent and insect eating birds by erecting nest boxes designed for the proper species. Nest box programs not only lower the need for poisons, they also lower costs for the farmer and pr

Tips for how to use a heated bird bath to provide fresh, clean water to backyard birds all winter long.

If you have a pet bird, you have bird dander and always will for as long as you have a bird. But obviously you love your bird enough to take dander as part of being a bird lover and search for ways to effectively manage it. Here are 4 biggies to do in order to be successful at managing your bird&apo

Have you ever wondered whether or not those marvelous parrot sounds, human words for example, actually mean anything? Some researchers absolutely think they do. One African Grey parrot expert, Irene Maxine Pepperberg, has worked with two very famous parrots, the first whose name was Alex.

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Your love for exotic birds might spur you to have parrots as pets but remember that it is not a child's play and calls for a great deal of commitment and dedication. With more than 300 species of parrots available, you might get stumped by the sheer variety of breeds, their color, pattern, char

Doves are beautiful birds commonly associated with peace and love. These full-breasted birds always travel with their partners or in a group. Doves can easily be attracted to a yard by creating an environment where they can nest, eat, drink and rest. An ideal environment can be set up inexpensively

Raising turkeys for profit has always been an attractive second business venture. Its seasonality, as turkeys are only on very high demand in Thanksgiving, has made it very difficult to have as a main business. However, as a supplementary one, that one big payday on Thanksgiving is all worth it for

Some bird owners are just not certain about purchasing cuttlebone. Some may wonder if this avian treat is really a good idea. A cuttlebone is not only fun, but healthy and useful to pet birds of all sizes. Here are 5 reasons why cuttlebone is good for pet birds.

Use these simple explanations and ideas to explain to your youngster, and yourself, why birds fly.

Many modern day chicken breeders have discouraged brooding behavior in birds because they consider it a nuisance and prefer to hatch eggs via incubator, so the natural tendency to be broody has been intentionally bred out of many chickens. However, some farmers prefer to raise chicks the natural way

Mallard duck eggs can be incubated to increase the number of ducks for farming or to keep as pets. While the incubation process can be done in the nest, incubation in an incubator can allow the female duck breed again. In addition, the hatching of eggs in an incubator can provide safety from illness

The Konza Prairie in Kansas hosts 208 recorded species of native birds. Konza Prairie is an 8,600-acre mecca of grass owned jointly by the Nature Conservancy and the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and is located in the middle of the Flint Hills. The most abundant of those bird specie

Information on the Golden Eagle, hunting, nest sites, area of habitate.

Finches can be plagued by feather, skin or leg mites. Symptoms involve roughened skin or legs and irritated movements, shaking and scratching. Mites can be microscopic or visible if they are feather mites. Birds can also present with air sac mites, which live inside the bird. Mites are a type of ara

Archive of 2011 Mailbag Monday reader questions - check here for the most popular birding questions and their answers!

What is the difference between nesting boxes and roosting boxes; why and when to use which?

Anyone that has ever owned a bird for an extended period of time realizes how important it is to be actively involved in promoting good avian health. Even newcomers learn quickly that there is a great deal of information to learn when it comes to properly caring for a bird. There are a number of way

If you're keen to start bird watching you may wonder where to watch birds. Actually, you can watch birds just about anywhere; even on the terrace of a city caf you can see sparrows and the like pecking amongst the dropped crumbs and of course pigeons are a familiar sight in some of our biggest