Southwest Writers
San Gabriel - Albuquerque:
How to Attract Birds to Your Yard: Food, Water and Shelter
Follow these simple tips to make your yard a dream destination for birds. Learn how to attract birds by fulfilling all of their essential needs.
How to Make Your Yard Bird-Friendly
Grow a beautiful garden that provides a safe haven for birds in the face of climate change.
Keeping Birds as Pets: What You Need to Know
Birds such as parrots and canaries can make great pets but they take a lot of care. Dr. Laurie Hess explains how to make sure a pet bird is right for you.
How to Maintain Backyard Bird Feeders
Attract birds to your backyard with these bird feeding tips to keeping your feeders filled and fresh.
Should You Put a Baby Bird Back in the Nest? Depends If It’s Cute
It’s a myth that mama bird will reject her baby if you touch it—but what does science say about meddling?
See how birds change their tunes to fit their surroundings
Songbirds want their notes to be heard, so they shift the pitch and cadence of their melodies to fit into their natural environs. It's a plus for potential mates—and for any birders listening on.
How to Keep Buildings From Killing Hundreds of Millions of Birds a Year
Using technology to stop birds from flying into buildings
How Do Feathers Keep Birds Warm?
It requires thousands and thousands of feathers and a whole lot of preening.
How Do Hurricanes Affect Birds?
When severe weather hits, humans hunker down. But what about the feathered among us?
How Do Birds Drink on the Fly?
For swallows and swifts, it's a real athletic feat.
Roofing Revolution: How (Gorgeous) Green Roofs Benefit Birds
It’s not wasted space if you do something with it. Four green roof projects are helping species around the world.
Video: Why Does My Cat... Chatter at Birds?
Dr. Patty Khuly decodes why your indoor cat makes a curious chattering sound while staring at birds outside the window.
Why Fat Birds Are Better At Making Babies
A new study shows that some warblers tack on the pounds—or, rather, fractions of an ounce to stay in good reproductive shape.
Why do some birds lay blue eggs?
While you might be most familiar with “robin’s egg blue”, many species of birds lay blue-colored eggs. Why might this have evolved? Although scientists can’t go back in time to observe the emergence of blue eggs, they can think carefully about which properties might be most different between blue and non-blue eggs… which is what …
The girl who gets gifts from birds
Lots of people give food to the birds in their garden and get nothing in return - but when one girl feeds the crows outside her house, they show their affection with tiny presents.
What's that Bird at Your Suet Feeder?
Seasonal Tips to Attract Birds
These simple seasonal tips will help you attract birds to your backyard.
