Want more birds in your garden? From choosing the wrong food to not cleaning your feeder, simple mistakes could put birds off ...

You want a bird feeder that makes the food easily accessible for birds but difficult or unappealing for raccoons. Some feeders have weight-activated perches that close when heavy animals try to ...

There are certain scents that are totally unappealing to a squirrel ... squirrels looking to jump for their food. The squirrels raiding your bird feeder probably aren't starving, but it doesn ...

While bird feeders create a joyful, serene environment, they can also attract raccoons, which, despite their cuteness, are destructive.

Rodents like rats and squirrels, unfortunately, can't discern that the food ... unappealing to rodents, birds can't actually taste them, so sprinkling a little cayenne pepper into your bird ...

Over time, the squirrels may learn to avoid that feeder altogether and so you can begin to mix up the contents again, without worrying that they’ll just become squirrel food. Safflower seeds are ...

Lakes no longer freeze over. These birds no longer need to migrate to find food. But at my feeder, we don’t feed robins or geese. Except for the occasional grackle, winter visitors to our ...

Raccoons are the real animal of the moment: A couple weeks ago, St. Paul, Minnesota (along with the entire internet) was both concerned for and enamored by a raccoon that scaled the side of a ...

Plant native: Planting native flowers and native vegetation is much more beneficial for hummingbirds than putting out bird feeders, since hummingbirds’ main source of food are small ...