Birds with access to feeders tend to have higher winter survival rates, ... Hulled sunflower seeds have the shell removed for quick eating and a “no mess” type of feed.

If you see sick or dead birds near your feeder, take down the feeder for a few days to encourage sick birds to disperse. There’s no perfect cure-all, however. “Of course, if you have other ...

Environment; A salmonella outbreak is killing finches in the western U.S., and backyard bird feeders may be helping it spread. Published: ; Feb. 07, 2021, 9:18 a.m.

People who watch birds at feeders and elsewhere are more aware of illness after a mysterious sickness affected songbirds in Indiana and in other states, especially along the East Coast.

Bird lovers replaced a worn out finch feeder and now the birds have disappeared. Plus, using YouTube to scare off crows, and it’s squirrel vs. Slinky.

Winter 2021-22 should not be an irruption year, which would send finch species like the evening grosbeak from the arboreal forests of northern Canada south as far as backyard feeders in Pennsylvania.

It’s all right to put bird feeders back out, now that salmonella-infected finches are returning to the Boreal forests in Canada and have other food sources to eat. From winter to early spring ...