Category - Backyard Birding

You might be familiar with chimney swifts, Chaetura pelagica, actively feeding on insects into the...

Ever seen someone sitting on a bench in a park with binoculars on and staring at the sky? No, they...

One of the joys of the summer garden is those winged, iridescent jewels we all call hummingbirds.

It’s important to think about the plants you include in your garden. Remember, what you grow...

The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina area (aka The Triangle) is host to a wide variety of...

Whether you are on the screened porch sipping iced tea, doing some work in the garden, or enjoying...

Where have all the bluebirds gone? Did you know there was a time when the bluebird was as common as...

Many years ago the Eastern bluebird was one of North Carolina’s most common songbirds...

I love winter. Run me out of town if you must but I had to let it be known. The cold weather...

Did you know, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird was not known to the first Europeans arriving to the...

Flowers are blooming, the weather is warmer and hummingbirds are returning to our gardens.

Birds in the region have a new place to land– at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in downtown...

If you don’t have hollly berries to feed the birds, you can turn to seeds. Here’s a quick guide...

That plants and flowers set a gardener’s heart aflutter is a given. Each plant a gardener...