Questions tagged [birds]

Winged warm-blooded creatures, family Aves.

Birds are popular warm blooded flying creatures that have wings, are feathered, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying and vertebrate. Classed as family Aves, they are closely related to dinosaurs and some authors class birds as "living dinosaurs".

Birds are important with regards to plants because plants often utilize them to spread their seeds using mechanisms such as . Plants provide habitat for most birds - e.g. roosts and shelter.

Use this tag for all questions about birds that are specific to gardens and gardening. These are questions such as how to encourage birds into your garden, and how to deter birds eating fruit. Questions such as "What is this bird I saw on my tree?" are off topic.

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Looking for a way to repel crows from our gardens, without scaring all the other birds

Many of us experienced our gardens invaded by large flocks of crows, ravens, or similar birds. They tend to dominate bird life in such areas, reducing overall garden biodiversity. In my case, crows have moved into our neighborhood big time, and…
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What kind of hummingbird is this one?

Is it just a household variety, or something special? They seem to like buddleia.
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Juniperus virginiana and producing berries

As you may have noticed from other questions of mine, I am in a process of transforming my yard into a bird garden. (This is a long-term multi-year enterprise). One of the most attractive plants for birds ever is Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red…
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Ground cover under bird feeders, how to plan so no birdseed germinates?

How can we plan for the ground we have underneath our current bird feeders such that bird seeds won't grow? Situation We currently have bird feeders setup in our lawn. These feeders attract: finches, Morning Doves, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and some…
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Purple Sprouting Broccoli recovery from bird attack

OK, I planted out my Broccoli earlier this year without realising that the birds love to snack on the leaves. They skeletonized the leaves, leaving only the veins on some of the larger leaves. I've since put a rudimentary cloche over them which…
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House sparrows ruining my plants. How do i kill them?

Any idea on how to Permanently get rid of house sparrows? They've taken over the bird feeders we've set up for our pigeons. Plus, they destroying all my plants and creating a huge mess everyday. I've tried feeding them separately, setting up decoys,…
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