Birdwatchers, have you been struggling to attract small birds to your garden while keeping the larger birds like grackles and crows at bay? This DIY bird feeder project is the perfect solution! ...

Squirrels are the bane of many bird feeders, but this simple design using just PVC and a plastic jug can keep those rodents out of the food you set out for your fine-feathered friends.

Hollow PVC pipe used by miners to mark claims kill thousands of birds and small wildlife each year when the creatures get trapped in the smooth pipes.

Claim markers are responsible for a gruesome toll on wild birds in Western US, says the American Bird Conservancy. Copper $ 5.6405 / lb 0.89% Brent Crude Oil $ 69.21 / bbl -0.01% ...

Small birds apparently see the opening of PVC pipes used to mark mining claims as a hollow suitable for roosting or nesting or possibly gathering to pool body heat during migration.

John Hiatt, conservation chairman for the Red Rock Audubon Society, holds the remains of a Say's Phoebe, a native bird which was found in the base of a PVC pipe used to mark a mining claim on land ...

A Snowy Egret made from PVC pipe sways with the wind outside R and T Nautical along Rt.13 on the Eastern Shore at Cape Charles,VA. Robert Morris makes the birds from PVC pipe and then mounts them ...