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.

Pushing Through

Fall Bounty • Attract birds with cotoneaster’s red berries.

Grab-and-Go Masters • Attract tufted titmice and watch their back-and-forth antics at the feeder.

THE FEED

Low-Light Lovers • Easy-to-grow houseplants to detoxify and color even the darkest corners of your home.

FOR YOUR HEALTH

Hibernate Non-Hardy Bulbs • How to spare tropical bulbs and blooms from the chills of winter.

BRING THE TROPICS INSIDE

Beyond the Basics • Bird-loving bookworms are sure to appreciate this collection.

Getting Cozy • Readers photograph fall fliers foraging and settling in for the cold months.

Hawk Look-Alikes • Learn how to tell the Cooper’s and the sharp-shinned apart.

THRASHING ABOUT • TOSSING LEAVES AND SINGING TUNES, THESE BIRD SPECIES ENLIVEN LANDSCAPES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

Attracting Thrashers

SICKLE-BILLED SKULKERS

fall for DAHLIAS • With a little know-how, growing this autumn favorite is an easy way to bring oodles of color to your garden.

WHAT'S NEW • Nicholas Gitts, co-owner of Swan Island Dahlias, recommends these recent additions.

A Dose of Nature • Bird-watching is more than an enjoyable hobby—find out how it’s also good for your mental health.

FIND YOUR PLACE

ADJUSTING TO THE NEW NORMAL

Ask the Experts • Pros give suggestions on fall plant preparation and finding shorebirds.

What is your best autumn bird feeding tip? • Readers share tried-and-true advice for attracting more fall visitors.

HISTORIC HABITATS • Explore nature havens around Washington, D.C.

Birding in the Capital • See wildlife at the National Mall and Memorial Parks.

Caption This! • What is this waving broad-winged hawk thinking?

Search for Silver • Welcome silver-spotted skippers by planting nectar favorites.

Silver-spotted skipper

Birds on Stilts • Can you name all of these graceful wading birds?

Find the Hummingbird

Submission Guidelines • We love hearing from you—in fact, we couldn’t publish this magazine without you!

Birds & Blooms

Pining to Know More • From the tallest to smallest, learn why these conifers are so neat.