Tips to help pick the best location for your outside bird feeders. Discussion on how to make your yard more attractive for wild birds.

There are many different factors that you must consider when choosing what will be the best companion parrot for you, your family and also your environment. You must first ask yourself exactly what kind of qualities are you looking for in a parrot companion.

Housing a bunny in your backyard is often not recommended. Outdoor bunnies have a shorter lifespan compared to indoor bunnies; indoor rabbits live at least five years longer. Extreme cold and hot temperatures, predators, such as cats, raccoons and coyotes, and the lack of attention and interaction c

A bird can be a wonderful pet for your family.They can fit very well into a family and your children will love playing with them. Before you get any bird you should research the breed and realize that your new pet will require care and love from your family. If you have small children that birds can

Wild birds have many ways to keep cool, from physical characteristics to behavioral adaptations. Includes tips for how backyard birders can help their birds beat the heat.

Take some time to review the greatest size cage based on your bird's wings. Think about if you were your bird and how much sadness it would be to be congested inside a cage. When in doubt, go huge.

Mealworms are a good food choice for insectivorous songbirds, such as bluebirds. Typically you feed mealworms to the birds while they are alive, so an effective mealworm feeder contains the mealworms as you wait to feed them to the birds. Otherwise, they will crawl away. You can purchase mealworms

How can you tell a feral bird from an invasive one? How do feral colonies start? Learn more about these unique birds!

When you embark on the journey to raise finches, you start by first purchasing a couple of the little birds and placing them in special finch cages. Later on when you have expanded your number of birds, or when you decide you are prepared to breed the birds you will want to look at finch aviaries to

Birds are pets, too! It wasn't until I met Sweet Pea, my friend's Cockatiel, that I realized a pet bird is not just a winged ornament that can only sit in a cage day after day offering owners little interaction and displaying almost no personality. I've never owned a bird, so seeing a

Keeping the humming birds in your neighborhood all happy, content and full of sweet nectar may actually be more of a job than you thought possible.

The health of your bird depends on a steady diet of proteins, vitamins and minerals often found in commercially manufactured bird foods. What you may not know is that you can supplement your bird's diet with fresh sprouts that will provide a pre-digested food source to help increase his metabolism a

Do you have a birding question? Learn who to ask to get the answer!

A mite infestation in a chicken coop can be a serious problem. It causes stress and discomfort for the chickens and for other animals in the area. If you discover that one of your chickens has mites, it is important to dust the chicken and the area it lives in as soon as possible. Dusting chickens

Defines the term "undertail coverts" as part of a bird's anatomy, with bird identification tips.

Parrots can be picky eaters, the greater part their diet consists of seeds, nectar, pollen, buds, fruit, and sometimes insects. Some parrots will resist eating something new but this is considered as a common trait among these birdsThe parrots large and powerful bill is used to open and consume seed

Make your backyard bird-friendly all winter long with the right winter landscaping, and attract more birds even in the coldest months.

Egg-laying chickens require surprisingly little effort to successfully raise, even in small city yards. Chickens are friendly, exciting pets that serve double duty by providing fresh eggs to their families year-round. With the proper setup and care, hens can continue laying for up to five consecutiv

The African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) makes a highly intelligent animal companion. They have a human-like ability to mimic speech, cognitive abilities and mental function similar to a 5 year old child. Many have vocabularies that consist of approximately 1,500 words, according to the African

An article with tips and advice on raising baby quails. Discusses their diet requirements and how to incubate quail eggs successfully.