It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

The type of seed that attracts the widest variety of birds to your feeders is sunflower seed, according to Cornell’s ...

The last Backyard Bird Count found that 52 million Americans feed wild birds in their yard. It brings countless hours of entertainment and it doesn’t take a lot of effort; however, it does take the ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the best option for attracting a wide variety of bird species to your feeders. Hulled sunflower kernels are convenient but more expensive and require careful handling to ...

In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, a strange song drew scientists to a new species of bird, the first of its kind ...

North America’s favorite songbirds rely heavily on five tropical forests for wintering habitat and safe passage during ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

Have hummingbird populations declined in the Tri-State? What about robins? Or the elusive wood thrush? While we may think we have a general sense about a given bird species’ population status, now we ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...