There are ways to keep squirrels out of the bird feeder. A great window-gazing pleasure is watching how the backyard squirrels can contort themselves into amazing and often comical positions to ...

If you're tired of sneaky squirrels gobbling up all of the bird food in your backyard, swapping out your bird feeder pole might help. Here's how to do it.

Bird feeders are a joyful way to bring birds into your yard, but they also attract squirrels. This simple DIY, using a large plastic bowl, will deter them.

Because that’s impossible, they have settled for backyard wildlife, and enjoyment. That includes having hummingbird feeders and three large bowls of birdseed for the birds and tree squirrels.

This squirrel picnic table is made from red cedar wood and is naturally rot-resistant. So it should last for years no matter where you put it in your backyard.

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We call it “bird feeding,” but in reality other wildlife besides birds readily gorge on the food we provide specifically for birds.

In fact, southern flying squirrels can be seen right here in our corner of Northern Illinois. I was reminded of this at the grocery store when I ran into the mother of a high school classmate.

These seven options can attract finches, wrens, woodpeckers, hummingbirds and more.

I’ve spent a lot of the past two months watching the birds. Working from home will do that to a person. We’ve always fed them, but now I think birdwatching may be the only thing that’s ...

When squirrels, whether native or not, becomes dependent on humans for food, they can lose the instinct to feed themselves and lose their fear of humans.