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.

We All Need a Laugh

Celebrate

Backyard Star • Funky purple spires invite pollinators and hummingbirds.

Sapphires in the Rough • Look for blue grosbeaks in the brush along roadsides and in old fields.

THE FEED • More about this mysterious blue flier.

Shrubs to Love • Boost summer color and pollinator appeal with these plants.

Garden Goofs • Mistakes happen, but they often result in tales worth repeating. Here are some humorous blunders these gardeners won’t forget.

Backyard Helpers • Welcome these beneficial creatures into your garden.

Soaking Up the Sun • Feathered friends enjoy the warm days of summer.

Sweet Samplers • Give these tiny birds an inviting opportunity to fuel up.

American Eagles • Get to know two of North America’s largest and most magnificent birds of prey that share a name but little else.

THE PERKS OF POTS • Use containers to jazz up entryways, hide garden eyesores, create privacy and more.

TIPS FOR CONTAINER SUCCESS • Landscape designer Eric Liskey shares his best advice.

young ones • BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY’RE ALL GROWN UP!

GROWING PAINS • Find out what these common bird life stages mean and how robins look in some phases.

Ask the Experts • How to keep blooms healthy and identify backyard visitors.

MEET THE EXPERTS

Adventures in the South • Explore nature in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A PARK FOR LISTERS • Visit this year-round birding hot spot.

How do you beat the heat in your summer garden? • Readers share tried-and-true tips for staying cool and keeping plants healthy.

Caption This! • An opportunistic squirrel finds easy access to the bird feeder.

Salute the Admiral • Watch for these majestic butterflies to sail into your backyard.

Red admiral

Peachy Keen • See how many of these blush-colored blooms you know.

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FOR THE READER

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

In Constant Motion • Get to know swifts—the family of airborne birds that can’t sit still.