Offer Multiple BirdhousesTo attract nesting birds, set up several birdhouses throughout your yard. Be sure to use different-size entrance holes so …

Bird eggs range in colors and can be ornately maculated with spots, blotches and scrawls. They vary in shape and size, and they must be thick enough …

Cowbirds Are Nest ThievesOne particularly interesting egg fact is that brown-headed cowbirds deposit their eggs in other birds’ nests. Cowbird eggs …

Courtesy Ann Conway “When do bluebirds nest, and how many times can bluebirds nest in one year? I have one bluebird house that is being used for the …

Courtesy Laureen Prendergast Robins Nesting Habits In a robin couple, a male robin brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the …

Courtesy Donald Smith Cedar Waxwing Nests In the breeding season, flocks break up into pairs to raise cedar waxwing babies. Waxwings often nest in …

Owls are both popular and mysterious. They’re so obscure, in fact, that most people report they’ve never seen one in real life, let alone a backyard …

Do birds reuse their nests? It depends on the species. In general most multi-brooded birds do not reuse the same nest because the materials are not …