The feathered friends around your home can be picky eaters, so be sure to provide them with their favorite meals.

First, some general comments about bird feeding: If you feed birds, you are doing so for your pleasure and not, with a few rare exceptions, to save birds from starving.

It’s time to feed the birds again. Over the years I have written 19 different columns on bird feeding, and I recently re-read them all. My advice hasn’t changed much and here I distill it into ...

Whichever feed you choose to put out, it is important to not leave bird feed out in extremes of hot, wet, or cold weather, as ...

While actively eating at a feeder, birds can flick around a lot of material including the pepper. That flicking can get the pepper into the birds’ eyes and nostrils and cause severe distress.

If your bird feeder is tied to a branch or strung from a similarly climbable source, ... other options that are thought to deter squirrels include nyjer seeds and white proso millet.

If you already think close-ups of birds happily munching on millet are adorable, guess what’s even cuter? Baby birds, that’s what. For those who enjoy sparrow selfies, bird feeders with smart ...