We can welcome winter migrating birds to our yards by planting American (native) trees and shrubs to create habitat. Birds need insects, berries and seeds, as well as cover, that native plants offer.

You're likely to soon see groups of nondescript songbirds showing up in your backyard, in local woodland parks, or in nearby state parks. Keep an eye on the birds and look for a yellow patch on the ...

While palm, Nashville, and orange-crowned warblers still are observed through the first third of October, it is the yellow-rumped warbler that will not diminish until the end of the month. In fact, ...

Birds get their bright red, orange and yellow plumage from carotenoid pigments -- responsible for many of the same bright colors in plants. But how songbirds turn carotenoids into the spectacular ...

The cardinals, bluebirds, woodpeckers and other songbirds that spent the summer in my yard, but left after August, are gradually returning this month. House finches returned weeks ago. The Carolina ...

The Auk: Ornithological Advances aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge by increasing the basic knowledge of bird species, both living and extinct, and the knowledge of broad biological ...

The yellow-rumped warbler is aptly named, but the rump is only one of five spots of yellow on this little bird. The others are at the top of the head, the throat and on either side of the breast.

Of the many things I miss about my mom, in the spring it is the great warbler migration that reminds me that she isn’t around to call from the New York suburbs where I was raised to give me updates ...

Since warblers are mainly insect eaters it may surprise you that Austin has several warbler species that migrate here just for the winter, when insect populations decline. The most common warbler we ...

Most of our warbler species, so melodious and colorful in summer, are ensconced now in their winter homes in Central and South America and the Caribbean. But one hardy species, the yellow-rumped ...