Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...

At the time, it was too cold and too damp because of the wet weather. In February 2008, Erik Amati, a biologist from the Massachusetts pision of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Northeast District in Acton, ...

It's no wonder, then, that ornithophiles everywhere seem to share the goal of creating their own successful nesting boxes for ...

As might be expected in nature, there are rational reasons for all this nesting variety. For example, Gambel’s Quail aren’t just being lazy when they lay a clutch of eggs in your flower pot or ...

Nesting boxes have been put up around a borough to try and help swifts thrive. North Tyneside Council has installed 28 boxes to try and tackle the birds' depleting numbers. The swift population in ...

Also, the quail units have been eliminated, and the statewide season will run Nov. 11 through Jan. 21. Due to a relatively mild winter, pheasant numbers going into the nesting season were the ...

Dozens of swift nesting boxes and speakers playing the birds' calls have been installed on farms in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset. The project follows a survey of the Allenford and Martin Down ...

the long-range forecast for a wet winter may bode well for a better nesting season next year,” Scoggin said. Rainfall is the driving factor behind year-to-year changes within quail populations ...

While I’m hesitant to give a glowing outlook for the upcoming quail season, new data released from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation does show marked improvement in their annual ...

Although a common quail of the desert Southwest, the Gambel’s requires a lot of water. Generally sedentary, it moves short distances in the late summer to form coveys, usually comprising several ...

A feral cat has given birth to four kittens in an owl nest box six metres (20ft) off the ground. A camera inside the box allowed the owners to see the mother and kittens. The kittens, which were ...

Jim Chalmers has blasted Coalition criticism over the surging size of the public service and other taxpayer funded sectors, while also rejecting the Reserve Bank’s outlook that the economy is ...