On a cold, frosty morning with snowflake shaped ice crystals on the living room window, a burst of red, black, and white ...

These cold, windy February days keep some of us older folks indoors trying to stay warm. Recent snowfalls have finally turned ...

Wander to the outskirts of Revelstoke, listen carefully in silent bliss, and a faint but persistent drum may be the sound of ...

Q:I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A:These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

In the heart of northern Minnesota, one hour from Duluth, Sax-Zim Bog holds a place in our hearts with 300 square miles of ...

Like many in the Northland, I maintain bird feeders throughout winter. Spending money on bird food seems very worth it when I can look out on a subzero morning and watch the antics of these avian ...

"Bird feeders can support Great Lakes birds when ... Mixtures of peanuts, nuts, and dried fruit attract woodpeckers, nuthatches, and titmice. A relatively few species prefer milo, wheat, and ...

Bird feeders became busier with the cold ... Otherwise, the same little army of black-capped chickadees, the usual pair of downy woodpeckers and the two or three flickers visited daily as they did ...

J.F. ANSWER: The songbirds you are attracting to your feeders, such as cardinals, sparrows and woodpeckers, are not likely to be infected with avian influenza (“bird flu”). It generally ...

He says winter is a great time to keep backyard bird feeders stocked to help birds ... caps often lead them to be mistaken for Red-headed woodpeckers. Male red-bellied woodpeckers can be ...

I awaken to the bumble, rumble, scraping of the town plow along the road as it tosses the accumulated snow onto the rising verges of road drift. As the plow moves away, the world becomes snow-silent.