Project FeederWatch: What It Is and How to Join
Project FeederWatch is a winter-long bird survey run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada, running from November to April. You count the birds at your feeders over…
Seasons & Regions
How feeding changes through the year and across the country, from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast.
The Great Backyard Bird Count: How to Take Part
The Great Backyard Bird Count runs over four days in mid-February, Friday through Monday. You watch birds for at least fifteen minutes on one or more of those days, count…
Heated Bird Baths: Water in Freezing Weather
In hard winter, open water is often harder for birds to find than food is, and a heated bath brings in species that never touch a feeder. Look for a…
When to Put Out and Take Down Hummingbird Feeders
Put the feeder out about two weeks before the first hummingbirds normally arrive in your area, and leave it up for two to three weeks after you last see one.…
When to Feed Backyard Birds: A Month-by-Month Guide
You can feed backyard birds year-round in the United States, and there is no month when you need to stop. What changes through the year is what you put out,…