Birds and Blooms Extra

Even more of what you love from North America's #1 bird and garden magazine, celebrating the beauty in your own backyard.  Published on the months in between the Birds and Blooms magazine, Extra features vivid photographs, useful tips and expert advice to inform, inspire, and connect enthusiasts who share a passion for backyard birds and gardening.

Summer Blooms

Easy and Breezy • This popular perennial will pop in any garden

Peek These Beaks • Serve the right kind of food if you want to attract black-headed grosbeaks

Bold by Nature • Make a statement with colorful coneflowers

Easiest Hydrangea Ever • Pro tips for proper panicle care

Not Nice Natives • Learn to identify three irritating plants

Wings of Summer • Seasonal visitors bring joy to readers all around

Among the Reeds • DISCOVER SEVEN NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS KNOWN FOR HIDING AMONG THE LUSH VEGETATION OF MUDDY WETLANDS

A SUMMER STAPLE • Besides it being a pollinator magnet, there are countless reasons to add colorful salvia to your yard

TINY MARVELS • Get up close and personal with miniature skipper butterflies

Ask the Experts • The pros weigh in on bird behaviors and gardening guidance

How do you help birds in hot weather? • Check out beneficial ways readers lend a hand during the dog days of summer

Caption This! • What’s going through this hungry tufted titmouse’s mind?

A Familiar Fancy • The great spangled fritillary is a common yet stunning sight to see

O Say Can You See • Do you know these red, white and beautiful blooms?

FOR THE READER

Birds and Blooms Extra

Flitting Facts • Get to know the West’s smallest birds