I’ve been snooping on cavity nesters of late. Thank goodness a bit of their nesting lives takes place where humans can relish the action. To wit, a nest box in the yard where a black-capped chickadee ...

DEAR JOAN: A few months ago, we built a nest box for a screech owl as we had heard some in our area. Now, several months later, after mounting the box in a tree and filling it with wood shavings, ...

Spring is proceeding apace in this yard, despite my worst fears. For 28 of the 29 years that my husband and I have lived in this house, the elderly widow next door mostly shared our commitment to a ...

In about six weeks, cavity-nesting birds such as chickadees and bluebirds will begin collecting nesting material to build their nests. So it’s time to build or buy some nest boxes so the birds have ...