Plus, readers ask about goldfinches nesting and eating, starlings making holes in lawns and swans appearing in local waters.

black-capped chickadees are chatterboxes that flit about in small groups called a banditry. Winter or summer, Carol Schulz Ellis observes them daily around her home in Mead. “I especially love ...

Watching the birds in my backyard is a year-round hobby. I have breakfast with them in the winter, watching from my kitchen. In the summer I sit on the porch savoring the flowers but most ...