There is something undeniably joyful about watching birds flit between shrubs in the landscape or perch on seed heads in a ...

The bluebird feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates (such as moths, worms, flies, ants, etc.), but they will search for berries, especially in winter. You will often see them perched on wires ...

The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

Angela Buck let her dogs out into the yard and froze when she glimpsed a red speck in her driveway. Angela Buck Buck ...

Unless a fledgling is injured, it is best to leave it alone. The parent birds find and take care of fledglings. But it’s a very vulnerable time, and many do not make it.

The bird’s right wing is longer and has dark feathers, characteristic of male rose-breasted grosbeaks. Its left wing is smaller and brown, characteristic of females.

Cardinals at Pope Francis's funeral. | Dan Kitwood/GettyImages American colonists named the birds cardinals as a nod to the red-gowned religious figures (either directly or after the word cardinal ...

“Regardless of trends we need to change how we shop. While feathers look beautiful on the catwalk they look more beautiful on a bird; I recently saw a cardinal and it was majestic.

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...