"Suet cakes" are a favorite bird food, especially during the winter. They can also be given year-round, if you buy suet cakes that have been "rendered." Rendering means the cake stays solid even in ...

You can enjoy the sights and sounds of birds all year round, although certain times of the year—particularly spring and fall—are considered the best times to view them. Stocking your backyard bird ...

Dozens of birds love suet, especially woodpeckers. But backyard bird hosts face a confusing array of packaged suet combos. How to choose? In short, it's not by price. True suet is the fat that ...

Suet makes a great diet supplement for insect-eating birds during the winter when insects are harder to find. Bird-feeding supply stores sell a wide range of suet cakes, some plain, some mixed with ...

We’re “Seasonally Savvy,” and that means giving our birds the nutrition they require at various times of the year. With nights becoming longer and temperatures becoming colder, a diet high in fat is ...

“Feeding Wild Birds in America” by Paul J. Baicich, Margaret A. Barker and Carrol L. Henderson explains how the practice of bird feeding has evolved over the nineteenth and twenty-first century.

Hollie Sanders, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission assistant chief of education, is known for teaching people how to cook up delicious Dutch oven recipes. But one of her favorite treats to make is for ...

This weather is for the birds! If you think it’s been cold lately, think about being a wild bird out there in almost-Arctic weather. Yes, the birds that spend the winter in our region do have many ...

Dozens of birds love suet, woodpeckers tops among them. But given packaged suet combos galore, how does a responsible backyard bird host choose? True suet is a specific kind of fat, that surrounding ...