A Bellingham lumber yard, Upton residents, duck hunters and conservationists from around the state teamed up recently to donate materials and build 320 wood duck nesting boxes. On Feb. 10, ...

Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis), often referred to as “harbingers of spring,” are small — about 7 inches — cavity nesters often found near meadows. A relative of the robin, this native songbird ...

HARRISBURG — Spring might not be “just around the corner,” but bluebirds will be scouting out nesting sites before you know it, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission can help bring them and other ...

Old Man Winter has finally relaxed his grip on a landscape that's been frozen for, well, a long time. If that isn't enough good news, consider this: Tomorrow we will receive about four more minutes of ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

There they were, bluebird houses on top of many of the fence posts that lined the road just west of Bickleton, the self-proclaimed Bluebird Capital of the World. It’s spring, and thousands of ...

With eight new raptor nesting boxes placed throughout Mueller State Park, birds of prey can branch out on their courtship sites. A project initiated by Cindi Shanika, who noticed a lack of raptors in ...

Hitting the greens with a 4-iron or casting a line to reel in a catch were always at the top of 18-year-old Michael Mattiace's list, but thanks to his science teacher, he can now add bird watching. "I ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery wants to help outdoor enthusiasts spring into the season and connect with wildlife in their backyard. Bluebird nesting boxes built by the ...