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Berried Treasures
The secret to a bird-friendly backyard is fruit-filled trees and shrubs.
Ask the Experts
Backyard pros identify fall visitors and foliage.
Autumn Aplenty - Colourful Leaves And Beautiful Birds
Changing seasons bring cooler temperatures, colorful leaves and beautiful birds.
How Owls Use Their Impressive Adaptations After Dark
Learn how owls use their impressive adaptations after dark.
Simple Steps For Creating A Robust Indoor Garden
Grow garden-fresh ingredients year-round.
How Birds Navigate Their Awe-inspiring Travels
Discover how birds navigate their awe-inspiring travels.
10 Elusive Owls May Be Among Your Neighborhood Regulars
More often heard than seen, these 10 elusive owls may be among your neighborhood regulars.
Misunderstood Marvels That Benefit Your Garden
Get to know the misunderstood marvels that benefit your garden.
Redpoll Brings Lively Cheer To Cool-weather Feeders
The resilient common redpoll brings lively cheer to cool-weather feeders.
Precious Metals
Brighten beds and containers with plants featuring gold, silver and copper hues.
10 Cutest Birds
While beauty and charm is in the eye of the beholder, these chipper, pint-size fliers will surely bring a smile to your face.
Multiply Your Plants
Follow these steps to grow more of your favorites for free.
Go For Indigo
With a little landscape planning and their favorite seed at your feeder, you can enjoy this bunting’s brilliant beauty.
Welcome, Caterpillars
Grow host plants to help the next generation of butterflies and moths survive and thrive.
Zucchini For Days And Days
Try these tricks when this high-yield veggie just keeps producing
Perfectly Imperfect Plumage
Discover why birds develop surprising and irregular feather colors.
The Golden Birds
Bring bright, thistle-loving beauties to your backyard.
Tucked Away for Winter
Butterflies and bugs make themselves at home nestled under leaves or hidden beneath tree bark in the backyard.
In The Limelight
Blooms in chartreuse hues steal the show in any garden
Find More Flickers
Take your eyes off the treetops and look for this flashy woodpecker on the ground.
Keep 'Em Growing
Get a jump-start on next years garden when you overwinter heat-loving plants indoors.
Using Their Senses
Discover the fascinating ways birds survivethrough sight, sound, taste, touch and smell.
Backyard Chat - Ask The Experts
Herb-growing tips, how to attract waxwings and more from our pros.
Masked Berry Bandits
Built for gobbling fruit, cedar waxwings are striking, social birds.
Surviving The Cold
From stashing food to roosting in groups, birds have the means to flourish.
Hummingbird Tales
It takes a lot of patience, a bit of skill and some luck to capture a winning photo of these tiny, fast-flying birds. Readers rose to the challenge in last year’s first-ever Birds & Blooms hummingbird photo contest. Here are the stories behind a few of the best shots.
Hungry, Hungry Hummingbirds
10 feeding tricks to keep your backyard buzzing with nectar-loving birds.
Host A Feeding Frenzy!
Maximize backyard traffic with tried-and-true tips from the pros.
Revel In Spring
Readers share shots of birds taking a dip, raising their young and more.
Legendary Tulips
Quirky facts about these popular spring bloomers.