About Perch & Plume

Perch & Plume is a field journal for people who watch birds from a kitchen window, a patio or a small yard. We cover feeding, identification and bird-friendly habits, and we lean on the institutions that study birds — the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state extension services — for every factual claim.

What we cover

• Feeders & Food — Choosing, filling and cleaning feeders, and which foods attract which birds.
• Seasons & Migration — What changes at your feeder through the year.
• Problems & Pests — Squirrels, window strikes, bully birds and sick birds.

Who is behind Perch & Plume

Perch & Plume is an independent publication run by Eric, its editor. Eric chooses the topics, sets the editorial rules every article must pass and handles corrections. Articles are researched and drafted with the help of AI writing tools and automatically checked for sources, duplication and our editorial rules before they go live — see how articles are produced. We do not run sponsored posts, and no company pays to be mentioned in our articles.

How we work

Every article answers one specific question a reader actually has. Factual claims must come from primary sources — government agencies, universities, manufacturers' documentation and peer-reviewed research — and we link to them so you can check them too. You can read the full process in our Editorial Policy.

Get in touch

Spotted a mistake, or have a question we should answer? Email us at [email protected].