DEAR JOAN: I’d like to pass on to all bird lovers something important that I learned many years ago from my friend, Jeanne Milewski, of the American Wildlife Rescue Service in Scotts Valley. A peg by ...

Because I live in the Hudson Valley, where birding is not just a hobby but a way of life, almost everyone I know keeps birdhouses in their yards. (At one point, my parents had six of them). But not ...