Goldfinches are like ketchup: First non'll come and then a lot'll. Apologies to Ogden Nash, who initially wrote, "The Catsup Bottle — First a little and then a lottle." And to Richard Armour, who ...

If you want to attract more birds to your yard and garden, this clothespin hack can help you create an incredibly easy DIY ...

Here's what to feed hummingbirds and goldfinches, plus habitat notes on caracaras and purple martins in San Antonio.

Mobs of American goldfinches are emptying feeders at a record pace. Most backyard bird watchers acknowledge that they haven't seen anything like it. Several weeks ago, the first big wave was made up ...

American goldfinches have been crowding around bird feeders this month but are barely recognizable for lack of their golden yellow plumage. The birds migrate to Texas from breeding grounds in southern ...

A good-quality seed mix brings variety and life to your garden. Choose blends with millet, sunflower hearts and cracked corn ...

Keeping bird feeders up all winter helps birds survive cold months and lets you enjoy watching them year-round. Fill feeders ...

As we move through January, it is easy to see that we are experiencing a great winter. Our snow cover has been continuous for more than two months and we've seen subzero on more than 25 days. Both ...

Bird lovers will be delighted to know that there's a simple way to attract robins and goldfinches to your garden.

Not many species become "bird of the week" twice in one year, but the American goldfinch is a changeling, and so it earns the dual designation. The American goldfinch was bird of the week in late July ...

This is a real sentence that has been uttered multiple times in my household. Blame the bird feeders — all three of them (plus a bird bath and a hummingbird feeder, of course). I didn’t mean to become ...