Q: I recently had a flagstone patio installed in my backyard. I love the patio, but I also love having my bird feeder, so the flagstones are covered with bird poop. I routinely take down the feeder at ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...

Every day, I clean three cat litter boxes, then walk the dog, poop bag in hand. So, you can imagine what I thought when we woke up one morning to find a large amount of bird droppings on our patio.

How many people have sat back and watched as their yards are swarmed by birds? Hummingbirds, bluejays, sparrows, doves, pigeons, and seagulls are common in the region. And let’s not forget turkeys, ...

It turns out that streaked shearwaters, a large species of seabird, are not unlike children. Just as children seem to inevitably need a bathroom break two minutes into a car ride, the birds poop ...