It’s rare to see a movie where birds play a key role. I touched on “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock in my June 28, 2023, column where my main topic was Brewer’s blackbird. What usually catches my eye — ...

We were recently walking through Hulls Gulch, on a trail we take at least once a week year-round. This winter, for the first time in 30 years or so, there has been a group of Steller’s jays. We ...

Magpie Jewelry Gallery is hosting new art exhibit featuring Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, artist Edward Gilmore along with Billings abstract artist Gary Halsten. It opens Friday, Sept. 1 with a reception from ...

Maybe it’s because my earliest childhood cartoon heroes were Heckle and Jeckle, but it has always struck me as odd that the smartest family of birds in North America — the Corvidae — receive such a ...