Understanding local bird species' nesting habits improves your chances of attracting them to your birdhouse. Choosing the right birdhouse design and placing it in an optimal location are key to ...

To add charm to your yard, encourage local wildlife and give you a front-row seat to nature, building a birdhouse is a simple weekend project that checks all of those boxes. Seasoned DIYers and ...

This simple birdhouse provides all of that for the birds as well as a clean, modern design for you. This simple shed roof design accommodates chickadees, house wrens, nuthatches and other small birds.

Learn how to make birdhouses by using recycled wood and screws. Choose what birdhouse hole size is best to attract beneficial birds to your property. What’s more exciting than the appearance of a ...

Building a new bird house is great and all, but if you installed it without considering these important tips, you might have a perpetually empty nest.

You can feel it in the garden right now: birdsong thinning, hedges a little too tidy, the patio quiet at dawn. We want nature close, but we also want things neat and easy. That tension sits on every ...

Did you ever think about that old nursery rhyme, "The Little Old Lady Who Lived In a Shoe," and daydream about how cute a shoe-shaped house would be? If you can envision an adorable shoe house, this ...

It balances nesting science with color and charm.

The best way to attract birds to your birdhouse is to select a house that is correctly sized for the bird you want to attract. Learn more about birdhouses and creating a bird-friendly yard.

Dear James: We, especially the kids, like to feed and watch birds in the backyard. Do you have any suggestions for snazzy birdhouses that will attract birds to my yard? -- Andy A. Dear Andy: To ...