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Americas #1 Backyard Birding and Gardening Magazine| Birds and Blooms
Americas #1 Backyard Birding and Gardening Magazine| Birds and Blooms
Get to know eight types of orioles seen throughout the U.S. and what makes each of these orange and yellow birds stand out.| Birds and Blooms
Meet the five types of tanager bird species you might see in North America. Learn to identify tanagers and how to attract them.| Birds and Blooms
Robins start singing even before sunrise. Learn what a robin bird song sounds like and when you should listen for these musical early birds.| Birds and Blooms
What is that mystery yellow bird in your backyard?| Birds and Blooms
Get to know western tanagers—sunset-colored songbirds.| Birds and Blooms
Look for a bright red male scarlet tanager in spring and summer. Learn about this songbird's nest, range map, song and more.| Birds and Blooms
If you see a small red bird in your backyard, you might think it's a cardinal. But take another look, because other birds have red feathers.| Birds and Blooms
Want to attract gorgeous scarlet tanagers to your backyard? Try offering oranges in early spring and you might get a special visitor!| Birds and Blooms
Attract birds, butterflies and bees with beautiful native plants. Choose these plants to add color and wildlife benefits to your landscape.| Birds and Blooms
Watching butterflies is a delight at any age, but finding them can be a challenge. Get tips to make butterfly watching easy and fun.| Birds and Blooms
Is that a monarch in your backyard? Look for subtle differences to identify these orange butterflies.| Birds and Blooms
Celebrate the joy of butterflies by checking out beautiful butterfly pictures of monarchs, fritillaries, swallowtails and more.| Birds and Blooms
Butterflies love coneflowers! These easy-to-grow perennials provide sweet nectar to pollinators.| Birds and Blooms
How can you tell the difference between a wasp vs a bee? Use this guide to know whether it's a bee or wasp buzzing through the yard.| Birds and Blooms
Did you know that caterpillars come from butterfly eggs? See pictures of butterflies laying eggs on their host plants.| Birds and Blooms
You know these winged insects drink nectar from flowers, but how do butterflies eat? And what other foods do butterflies eat?| Birds and Blooms
Want to add some winged wonder to your backyard? Attract butterflies with these butterfly gardening ideas and our expert tips on the best plants and flowers that attract butterflies.| Birds and Blooms
Learn more about silver-spotted skippers, including how to identify these butterflies and how to attract them to your backyard.| Birds and Blooms
Learn how to grow pentas, also known as starflower. This colorful, easy-to-grow annual is a swallowtail butterfly and hummingbird favorite.| Birds and Blooms
Discover how to grow vibrant lantana flower for long-lasting color that draws hummingbirds and butterflies like a magnet.| Birds and Blooms
Make the backyard garden of your dreams a reality with these gardening tips and ideas from our experts.| Birds and Blooms
Feather refresh! Learn about the process of bird molting and why the color change is more obvious on some molting birds than others.| Birds and Blooms
Learn why the brown-headed cowbird is many birders' least favorite—and how to tell cowbird eggs apart from those of other species.| Birds and Blooms
Learn what a house sparrow looks like, what foods this bird eats, what it sounds like, and why birders dislike this species.| Birds and Blooms
Get expert tips for identifying these two strikingly similar backyard birds.| Birds and Blooms
Learn how to distinguish a Cassin’s finch from other finch look-alikes. Find out what these western finches eat and where to find them.| Birds and Blooms
Did you spot a small brown bird? Look at these photos of brown birds found across North America to help you identify what species you saw!| Birds and Blooms
We’ve rounded up profiles for some of the most popular North American bird species. Learn how to attract these fine feathered friends and listen to their songs.| Birds and Blooms
From painted ladies to monarchs and malachite butterflies, you'll want to add all of these kinds of butterflies to your must-see list!| Birds and Blooms
There are some big benefits of serving black oil sunflower seeds in your backyard. Plus, see which birds love these sunflower seeds the most.| Birds and Blooms
Add these feeders to your yard and watch flocks of finches roll in.| Birds and Blooms
From an 'awkward' bluebird family photo to a gull deciding whether to follow the beach rules, these funny bird pictures will make you smile.| Birds and Blooms
These stunning pictures prove that moths are just as beautiful as butterflies.| Birds and Blooms
Discover the amazing silk moths you can expect to find in the garden. See photos of silk moths and learn facts about these beautiful garden bugs.| Birds and Blooms
Butterflies and caterpillars use “eyespots” to scare off predators in the butterfly garden and beyond. Learn more about this form of defense and see photos.| Birds and Blooms
Discover where to find a red-spotted purple butterfly. See what the butterfly looks like and what host plants will bring one into your yard.| Birds and Blooms
Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are poisonous.| Birds and Blooms
A giant swallowtail butterfly is large and stunning. Learn what what the caterpillars and adult butterflies look like and where to find them.| Birds and Blooms
Fill your herb garden with black swallowtail butterflies. Learn what the caterpillar, eggs and adult butterflies look like.| Birds and Blooms
Find out what an eastern, western and Canadian tiger swallowtail butterfly looks like and the best host plants to attract the caterpillars.| Birds and Blooms
Some butterflies will actually visit hummingbird feeders! Learn more about offering fruit and sugar water for butterflies.| Birds and Blooms
Pine siskins are small birds in the finch family that look like sparrows. Learn how to tell the difference between pine siskin vs goldfinch.| Birds and Blooms
There are three types of goldfinches that U.S. birders might see. Learn what these goldfinch species look like and where to find them.| Birds and Blooms
Winter, summer, spring or fall, sunny goldfinches always make birders smile! Delight in our roundup of stunning goldfinch pictures.| Birds and Blooms
With the right plants, your backyard can become a goldfinch sanctuary. Here's the garden plants and flowers goldfinches love most.| Birds and Blooms
To spot a rosy finch, birders should visit the western mountains. Learn about the best place to find the three types of rosy-finches found in North America.| Birds and Blooms
Learn where nyjer seed comes from and what types of birds eat it. Plus, find out what's the difference between nyjer and thistle seed.| Birds and Blooms
Get tips on how to attract goldfinches to your backyard. Learn what goldfinches eat from feeders and what flowers to plant in your garden.| Birds and Blooms
Bird songs are beautiful and melodic. Discover why you should be listening as well as looking for these musical songbirds.| Birds and Blooms
Check out the sweet ways that birds attract their mates!| Birds and Blooms
Learn essential facts about garden moths and how to identify them. Plus, see photos of some beautiful garden moths you might find.| Birds and Blooms
The pale green wings and long tails of the luna moth make it an especially lovely sight. Learn how to identify a luna moth and caterpillar.| Birds and Blooms
Big, vibrant and abundant swallowtail butterflies bring a flurry of eye-catching activity to backyards across the United States.| Birds and Blooms
Looking for summer flowers that attract butterflies? Try these top seven choices.| Birds and Blooms
Where do owls live? Welcome these nighttime fliers to your yard. Experts reveal how to attract owls and provide shelter in nest boxes.| Birds and Blooms
Learn what a house finch looks like and how to attract one. Find out facts about the house finch nest, eggs, range, habitat and song.| Birds and Blooms
The resilient redpoll brings lively cheer to bird feeders in winter. This small finch can handle the coldest temperatures.| Birds and Blooms
Learn what an American goldfinch looks like and sounds like and what this bird eats. Also find out why goldfinches look different in winter.| Birds and Blooms
Finches are some of the smallest and cutest birds in the backyard. Enjoy a collection of pretty pictures of finches, from goldfinches to purple finches.| Birds and Blooms
From blue jays to indigo buntings, how many blue colored birds do you know? Enjoy beautiful photos of birds with blue feathers.| Birds and Blooms
Attracting a purple finch is easy with the right food, but identifying them can be tricky! Here's the best way to draw these colorful birds into your yard.| Birds and Blooms
Lori has 20 years of experience writing and editing home, garden, birding and lifestyle content for several publishers. As Birds & Blooms senior digital editor, she leads a team of writers and editors sharing birding tips and expert gardening advice. Since joining Trusted Media Brands 13 years ago, she has held roles in digital and print, editing magazines and books, curating special interest publications, managing social media accounts, creating digital content and newsletters, and working w...| Birds and Blooms
Bird songs are plentiful during the spring, but have you ever wondered why do birds sing? Find out the reasons from a bird expert.| Birds and Blooms
A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx moths unique.| Birds and Blooms
Love attracting butterflies to your backyard? Take notice of these flying pollinators and learn helpful tips to identify butterflies that you see.| Birds and Blooms
Learn how to spot a hummingbird clearwing moth and how to attract these unique pollinators to your garden with nectar plants.| Birds and Blooms
Want to take butterfly gardening to the next level? Plant butterfly host plants to give caterpillars food and a place to grow through their lifecycle.| Birds and Blooms
Butterfly migration is an awe-inspiring process—and butterflies need our help! Make sure your backyard is ready for migrating fliers.| Birds and Blooms
Seeing—or hearing—a summer tanager is a red-letter day. Summer tanagers may be bright red—but that doesn’t always make them easy to spot.| Birds and Blooms
Small and speedy, skipper butterfly species often fly under the radar. But these fascinating pollinators add lively interest to any garden.| Birds and Blooms
Many people think moths are the nighttime equivalent of butterflies, but it’s not quite that simple. Learn the basic differences between the two fliers.| Birds and Blooms
These little fliers are more colorful than you might first think. Learn how to bring a long-tailed skipper to your butterfly garden.| Birds and Blooms
Native ornamental grasses attract seed eating and nesting birds to backyards. Some grasses also serve as host plants for butterflies.| Birds and Blooms
Meet the fiery skipper: one of the smallest butterflies in the skipper family. Plus, learn about fiery skipper caterpillars and host plants.| Birds and Blooms
A rose of Sharon shrub has large, gorgeous flowers that attract pollinators in droves, including bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.| Birds and Blooms
A sphinx moth appears in late afternoon and evening, and often visits night-blooming flowers. Here are some types of sphinx moths to know.| Birds and Blooms
Attract hummingbirds to your yard with the eye-catching columbine flower. This colorful perennial may look delicate but it's one of the hardiest flowers around.| Birds and Blooms
Get to know these smart and social western corvids. Find out what a Steller's jay eats and learn how to identify and attract these black and blue birds.| Birds and Blooms
