Just hatched! Oak titmouse chicks. (Joan Morris/Bay Area News Group) Our Garden produces around 14,000 pounds of vegetables and fruit each year, but this is the first time it has produced baby birds.

DEAR JOAN: Our backyard is blessed with a family of oak titmice, which we think are in the running for the world’s cutest bird. My wife and I have wondered how the oak titmouse came by its name. It ...

As usual, the house wrens seemed to be camped out at the sunflower seed feeder, only moving to get another seed. But one animated visitor didn’t seem to have the same attention span as he bounced ...

September is a fine month for enjoying oaks. Deciduous species still have their leaves, the lovely angular foliage of black oaks begins to turn to gold and acorns weigh down the boughs to attract the ...