For the seaside sparrow — a fleet brown bird that nests amid swaying cordgrasses in southern salt marshes — dangers come from all angles. Surging tides can swamp nests laid too low, and a bevy of ...

During the middle of summer, many baby birds can be spotted out of their nests. While the fledglings may look like they’ve flown the coop too early, they probably don’t need your help, says Marcelle ...

Throughout Oregon and California, a grim phenomenon is taking hold: baby birds are trying to flee the intense heat by hopping out of their nests before they’re old enough to fly, plummeting to the ...

In the early 1900s, coal miners would bring canaries with them into the mines to serve as warning signals: If the tiny birds perished, it was an indicator that toxic gases like carbon monoxide were ...

Chipping sparrows sail in to perch regularly on the uppermost twig of one in a clump of native eastern red cedars, always a little caterpillar or bug dangling from their beaks. Then they drop down ...

Nests can be found anywhere birds are found. Here, many of our species are forest nesters appreciative of the leafy camouflage protecting them from predators. They come in all sizes from the large ...

It may seem like a natural fit, but until now one would have been hard-pressed to find a real life scenario that combined the interests of knitters and baby birds. Both are adorable, no question, but ...

Summer nesting season is a busy time for birds. Two weeks ago a pair of mockingbirds shopped for twigs in my front yard. They picked up twigs that had fallen from a willow oak and tested them for ...