DEAR JOAN: A few months ago, we built a nest box for a screech owl as we had heard some in our area. Now, several months later, after mounting the box in a tree and filling it with wood shavings, ...

In June, if you’re observant, a window of nature opens for a short time. By now, common songbirds like chickadees and American robins have finally coaxed their growing young out of their nests and ...

There are over 20 resident Florida birds that nest in cavities in trees or branches. These include Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great-crested ...

DEAR JOAN: Over the years, we’ve had many broods of chickadees, especially in one particular birdhouse. This year the pattern is different. We watched them build the nest. Next stage should be the ...

The first broods of bluebirds, Carolina wrens, and chickadees have fledged. So should we rid the nest boxes of old nest material and all its mess as soon as babies fledge? Research says, that depends.

Chickadees that live among us are precious neighbors, for they have much information to share in exchange for a spiffy nest box Beginning in the fall of 2018 and continuing today, a large number of ...