Before the winter, you can keep birds coming to your yard by building a roosting box, but they still need to eat while they're there. Native plants are one of the best ways to support local birds, ...

Staff photo / Bob Coupland Emily Greve of Youngstown, a Mill Creek MetroParks naturalist / educator, speaks to a group at a recent “Coffee with the Birds” program at the Birch Hill Cabin at the park.

The first hummingbird of spring is tiny, fast, and easy to miss, but the moment lands hard. Backyards that felt still all winter suddenly feel alive again. What often gets overlooked is that feeder ...