Millet is the most marvelous cereal you’ve never heard of, although you’ve definitely seen it a thousand times because unhulled millet is the main ingredient in bird seed. Birds love it and people ...

The type of seed that attracts the widest variety of birds to your feeders is sunflower seed, according to Cornell’s ...

Are birds most active at feeders in winter or summer? These simple tips will help you attract birds in all seasons.

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

Millet, one of the oldest, hardiest and most nutritious grains in the world, is often overlooked in this country. The most common use of millet in the United States is for bird seed and animal feed; ...

I’m not all that keen on filling the bird feeders this early in the season. However, my 102-year-old mother-in-law loves to watch the birds and gleans joy from doing so. We have feeders stationed all ...

Several readers have recently asked me what plants will help them develop a bird-friendly garden. One grows pokeweed, a choice that doesn’t make her neighbors very happy. Pokeweed contains large seeds ...

Amrita Hazra, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, is on a mission — to introduce people to the benefits of eating millet, which primarily is used in the United ...

Bluebirds and finches are among the feathered friends you might attract with a backyard bird feeder like this. Heather Cwach Courtesy photo Feeding the birds is a popular, entertaining backyard hobby.

One of the highlights of summer is watching and enjoying wild birds in your garden. As nature's bug control, birds are a natural companion to any yard. Watching the antics of a goldfinch feeding or a ...