Birds & Blooms

Birds & Blooms is the #1 bird and garden magazine in North America with more than 1 million subscribers. We pride ourselves in celebrating the “beauty in your own backyard” with a mix of expert advice and personal stories from our family of readers. Our magazine covers a wide range of topics such as attracting hummingbirds, building birdhouses, gardening for butterflies, feeding birds for less, growing veggies, tales of readers’ birding experiences, plus a whole lot more.

Sweet Summertime

Yearlong Appeal • This seven-son flower wows in every season.

Scrub, Rinse, Repeat • What you should use to clean feeders and how often to do it to keep birds healthy.

Best New Dahlias • One-of-a-kind introductions that offer a variety of blooms and sizes.

Succulents for Pollinators • Discover drought tolerant plants that provide nectar for bees, butterflies and birds.

Ragweed vs. Goldenrod • Sniff out the clues to tell which one belongs in your garden.

Golden Moments • The haze of summer offers prime conditions for bird-watching.

a woodpecker’s world • From tree-climbing downies to ground-foraging flickers to sap-loving sapsuckers, woodpeckers delight and entertain us with their unique markings, fascinating flight patterns and distinctive drumming sounds. Here are fun facts to enrich your viewing of these dashing birds.

ZOOM IN ON Butterflies • Photographing the fast fliers requires patience, but these snapshots from readers prove it’s worth the wait.

Oops! COMMON TOMATO MISTAKES • Vine-ripe tomatoes are some of summer’s great joys —here’s how to avoid 11 missteps and harvest a bumper crop.

Calling All Photographers!

Ask the Experts • Summer plants that monarchs love, hummingbird habits and more!

Light Up the Night • Discover what makes lightning bugs so captivating.

What do you do with extra vegetables? • Readers share their creative tips for making the most out of an abundance of produce.

Caption This! • What was this curious chickadee thinking at the feeder?

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Lovely Loons • Meet the birds that are most at home in the water