From their October arrival to their dawn feeding habits, dark-eyed juncos are the dependable “snowbirds” that quietly define ...

Whether I’m writing in my columns or in my different journals, I often refer to a particular group of birds as “the regulars.” These are the species that are dependable visitors to my feeders on ...

Winter is like nighttime for gardens. The bustling activity of spring and summer fades, and a blanket of snow or frost often ...

For a brief period during the pandemic, cities slowed down in ways rarely seen. Streets emptied, food waste declined, and ...

During Covid-19 lockdowns, urban landscapes changed. Humans no longer left behind food waste for the birds to devour, and the ...

The sunny yellow-hued American goldfinch, which has a black forehead marking, can be seen all over the states. For a real ...

Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, on the last weekend of January, hundreds of ...

Although the Grey Waxbill is quite a sociable bird it does prefer to nest on its own. It is monogamous and pairs for life. The nest is built by both adults in small shrubs and not far from the ground.

But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of ...

While some birds disappear from northern yards in the winter, this adorable, social species sticks around and is relatively ...

As snow blankets the River Valley, winter birds arrive at feeders and fields, giving backyard watchers a front-row seat to ...

By keeping rodents and small fruit-eating birds out of the orchards, kestrels were found to be an effective means of pest ...