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.

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GOOD AS GOLD

A Spring Showing • Attract your favorite pollinators with a hardworking shrub.

Guess the Goldfinch • Don’t let the name fool you. The lesser goldfinch is just as special as its popular cousin.

THE FEED

Whimsical Perennials • Add easy-care flowers to create a cottage garden style.

Taking On Invasives • Tips for identifying, removing and replacing problematic plants.

Garden Sleuthing • Use a few tricks to tell two closely related blooms apart.

Backyard Gallery • Five artsy feeders that birds love and neighbors will envy.

Spring in Bloom • Celebrate the changing seasons with gorgeous reader photos.

FEATHER BEDS BEDS • ENTER THE VARIED WORLD OF NESTS AND DISCOVER THEIR REAL PURPOSE, HOW THEY’RE MADE, AND WHAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT PRECIOUS EGGS.

GET INVOLVED

MADE FOR SHADE • LOW-LIGHT SPACES CALL FOR BRIGHT-IDEA PLANTS WITH PERKS.

9 WAYS TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES • MAKE YOUR GARDEN THE MOST POPULAR STOP AROUND WITH EXPERT TIPS AND TRICKS.

Ask the Experts • Get advice from pros on garden upkeep and hosting birds.

MEET THE EXPERTS

How do you stop birds from flying into windows? • Readers share the clever ways they keep birds safe from reflective glass.

Caption This! • What was this puffed-out eastern bluebird thinking?

Early Emergers • Adult mourning cloaks are among the first to exit hibernation.

Mourning cloak

Muted Beauty • How many lovely female birds can you identify?

FOR THE READER

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Amazing Journeys • Take a closer look at the marvels of migration.