This weekend, celebrate Independence Day with a backyard barbecue, festival fun and maybe even some fireworks.

MIAMI — Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home, but it’s the roosters, hens and baby chicks that have come to rule the roost in recent years.

Transforming your backyard into a haven for birds brings countless rewards – from natural pest control to the simple joy of observing these fascinating creatures. North America boasts an incredible ...

Let That Rooster Roost Of course, there’s a final option: Let that rooster hang around. If the crowing is your biggest complaint, Cuevas said a crow collar might be a good option — something she tried ...

Backyard chickens are now legal in Houston, but before you run out to buy any, better learn the basics. You can keep any number of birds in any sized yard thanks to the Texas Right to Farm Bill.

It’s just that in our 21st-century pecking order, humans rule the roost and they say there are better places for the vultures to congregate than in residential areas.

It usually takes about four months for people to realize their chicks are male, aka roosters because that is around the time they start to crow. However, many municipalities in the state do not ...

Colorado sanctuary inundated with calls to return chicks for backyard flocks As egg prices continue to rise in Colorado and across the country, some people have decided to raise their own chickens ...

More than 30 years later, not much has changed. “It's amazing sometimes to find out that some of the most common backyard birds have the least research done on them,” McGowan says. In terms of ...

Tuesday's crow hazing will be the second one of the season. They also came to Watertown on Nov. 5. Typically first arriving as soon as the temperatures get colder, the crows roost in trees at ...