Monthly Archives: June 2012

A Guyanese man was caught smuggling nine finches on a flight at JFK airport in New York City yesterday. While this spawned such sensational headlines as “Bird-napper caught at JFK for smuggling bird” and “JFK flier caught with finches up his sleeves,” the reason this man was smuggling in these birds from overseas is noteworthy. [...]

Feeding birds at the park is a common pastime for families looking to enjoy the outdoors and connect with birds. However, for bird lovers in Scottsdale, Ariz., throwing bread crumbs to birds at the park is now a crime, according to The Arizona Republic. If you are caught feeding geese, ducks or pigeons at public [...]

Anyone who’s a birdwatcher has gone through the frustrating experience of being unable to ID a bird because he or she didn’t have a bird guide nearby or simply couldn’t find the bird in it. Fortunately, the Internet is a remarkable resource for nearly anything, and it’s made identifying birds much easier than flipping through [...]

Now that summer is nearly here and there’s more than enough natural food, it’s time to stop feeding your backyard birds, right? Wrong. That’s not to say birds are completely dependent on bird feeders for their food, however. The vast majority of a bird’s diet is received from natural sources, but keeping your bird feeder [...]