From helpful bird species profiles to expert tips on attracting birds to your yard – we have all the information you need to start birding.| Birds and Blooms
Learn how to attract birds to your backyard with these expert tips on plants and trees that attract birds, bird nesting and feeding birds.| Birds and Blooms
It's not a butterfly — it's a moth! Learn how to identify the promethea silk moth, a beautifully patterned backyard visitor.| Birds and Blooms
Support the next generation of butterflies by nurturing caterpillar host plants for hungry larvae. Design a garden to attract caterpillars.| Birds and Blooms
Grow perennial powerhouses, like bee balm, lavender and roses, that will convince you to stop and smell the flowers. Bonus! Pollinators love them.| Birds and Blooms
Garden bugs in the backyard are not always a bad thing. We’re breaking down the good, the bad and the ugly so you can keep harmful garden insect pests away.| 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
Learn what a red admiral butterfly looks like and find out what they eat, where they live and what host plants their caterpillars munch.| Birds and Blooms
Why are butterfly wings different colors? Where do they sleep at night? Learn all about butterflies with these interesting butterfly facts.| Birds and Blooms
Keep an eye out for the beautiful white peacock butterfly year-round in southeastern wetlands and fields. Also see what their caterpillar looks like.| Birds and Blooms
There’s much more to swallowtails than their colorful elongated wings. Check out these fascinating swallowtail butterfly facts.| Birds and Blooms
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Many butterflies are large and colorful, but don't ignore the beauty of a small butterfly. These tiny pollinators are about the size of a thumbprint!| Birds and Blooms
Do butterflies hibernate? Here's the answer. Also find out how your backyard bugs, like moths, dragonflies and beetles, spend the winter.| 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
There's a chance that they're already fluttering in your backyard!| 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
What is that mystery yellow bird in your backyard?| Birds and Blooms
Get to know western tanagers—sunset-colored songbirds.| Birds and Blooms
Scarlet tanagers nest high in forest canopies. During summer, a male scarlet tanager is red and black and a female is olive green.| 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
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
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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 attract long-tailed skippers 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
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
Get expert growing tips for a yarrow plant, along with tips for dividing, pruning and cutting back yarrow.| 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