A summer of birdwatching reveals nesting mysteries, territorial truce, and daily song as local species — from phoebes to ...

However, no matter the bird variety that takes up home in your bird box, you'll likely find that, at some point, the house becomes dirty enough for a bit of deep cleaning.

Early this spring, I hung a small bird box from a pergola rafter ten feet from my kitchen window. I had high hopes that either Carolina chickadees or house wrens (both are cavity-nesters) would ...