Bluebirds are known to migrate to warmer climates during the winter, but if they stay in their home range during the cold months they’ll find that many of the arthropods listed above are scarce. In ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Bluebirds mainly eat insects, so ...

Have you been feeding some of the wild birds out in your yard this year? I have and I have enjoyed seeing the tiny nuthatches, woodpeckers, mourning doves, cardinals and blue jays out in my yard. I’ve ...

Mosquitoes are among the most irritating pests. In addition to their annoying bites, which can leave you very itchy, some are also vectors for deadly viruses. Fortunately, many birds eat mosquitoes, ...

Iowa Writers 'Collaborative. Linking Iowa readers and writers. I let down the front wall of the bluebird house, the gateway to the inside of the box, and saw four eggs – three blue and one white – in ...

Guess what? Recent scientific studies have confirmed that seeing and hearing birds makes people happy! Science is just beginning to back up something we humans have intuitively known for a very long ...

Island plants and animals are often different from their mainland relatives. In general, the lack of top predators and large herbivores on isolated oceanic islands influences traits of island ...

Eastern Bluebirds are not really blue — it's the way light waves interact with their feathers. But they are a part of Michigan's natural heritage and now that it's nesting season, they can be spotted ...

A little one-ounce blue, orange and white bird is a good news environmental story, for a change. Amid what seems like never-ending doom-and-gloom reports about climate change, biodiversity loss, ...

A Bronx River-Sounds Shore Audubon expert reveals where to spot the beautiful bluebird and how to preserve its presence. By the time the eastern bluebird was declared New York’s state bird in 1970, ...

Carol and I were dining on our backyard deck overlooking Oyster Creek this week. We were entertained by Cicada Symphony in E-flat at about 1,350 cycles per second. The love-struck males seemed ...