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.

Below-Zero Birding

Purple Punch • Birds and gardeners love this noninvasive fountain grass

All Ears: How to Serve Corn • This yellow treat can fill a niche for certain birds and backyard visitors

Winter Garden Flair • When the snow falls, these plants still shine

New Digs for Houseplants • Give your plant space to spread with a new container

Red Head or Red Belly? • How to tell these woodpeckers with a similar name apart

Open-Air Dining • Entice hungry flocks with easy-access feeders

Out in the Cold • Readers braved the elements to find special bird moments

COLD-WEATHER WARRIORS • Known for nomadic movements, bold feather patterns and special adaptations for surviving chilly temps, these birds brave frigid, snowy conditions and delight bird-watchers across the country

boughs of holly • THESE NATIVE PLANTS DAZZLE WITH BRIGHT BERRIES AND GLOSSY LEAVES WHILE ATTRACTING WILDLIFE TO GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS

THE flyest BIRDER • HOW DEXTER PATTERSON, AKA WISCO BIRDER, SHARES HIS PASSION AND HIS MESSAGE THAT BIRDING IS FOR EVERYONE

Ask the Experts • Cold-weather feeder safety, houseplant care and more

Why do you feed backyard birds? • The touching and entertaining reasons that readers keep feeders full

Festive Finches • How many of these small, active seed eaters can you name?

Caption This! • What was this robin thinking as it grabbed a snack while on the go?

FOR THE READER

Birds and Blooms Extra

Houseplant Care • Quick facts and tips to ensure you’re the best indoor plant parent