We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Every bird enthusiast can appreciate the advantages of setting up bird feeders in a yard or garden. Not only can feeding birds provide you ...

My neighbours must be used to it by now. Every few days, I wander into my garden holding something odd and take photos of it in front of my bird table. Sometimes it’s a bag of rice, sometimes it’s a ...

Like humans who love to sprinkle chili flakes on their pizza toppings, birds these days are falling in love with chili powder and spicy peppers. Strangely enough, a bird itself doesn’t have any taste ...

Chilli-powder flakes can be mixed among bird seed to keep squirrels away from garden bird feeders. The spicy mix doesn't affect birds, but squirrels cannot stand the taste. Gardeners' World recommends ...

Gardeners are being urged to apply tabasco or hot sauce to their bird feeders as soon as possible this spring, in an effort to support fledglings that have left the nest and require sustenance this ...