From porch lights to dryer vents, birds can nest in the most unexpected spots. Here’s how to make those places less appealing.

Protect local avians by keeping these materials out of your yard.

Mourning doves return to their unusual nesting perch The fact that the birds nested in a pot on a balcony on a busy street seemed uncommon last year, but apparently it worked well enough that the ...

Building a new bird house is great and all, but if you installed it without considering these important tips, you might have a perpetually empty nest.

Most birds spend several days, to as long as two weeks getting their home just right. But a pair of mourning doves can quickly throw together a loose platform of sticks in just a few hours. The ...

Before that, there had been no doves, no birds of any species, on or near the second-floor balcony in St. Louis Park. McGonagle doesn't feed birds, and hadn't considered herself a birder in any way.

DEAR JOAN: Last year, we had doves nesting in a hanging fuchsia. They had four successful hatchings resulting in seven baby doves. The neighborhood kids really enjoyed it. We noticed at the end of ...

Do you enjoy having birds nest in your yard? Most of us do, but Instagrammer Kristin Merron wasn’t thrilled about a pair of mourning doves setting up shop under her covered patio. She tried to gently ...