New to birding? Start with the basics. Learn to recognize 15 common backyard birds, and discover ways to attract them to your yard.

Residents of a Northern California neighborhood are growing increasingly concerned about a string of mysterious—and often violent—bird deaths that seem to have no obvious explanation. In ...

Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend ...

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. -- A Northern California woman who has been breeding hundreds of exotic birds in her backyard has received an ultimatum: get rid of most of them or face the consequences.

As many Westerners awoke this week to a sky so muted by smoke from raging wildfires that it looked like night, backyard bird watchers noticed something else: Silence at their bird feeders. Or ...

It was a surprise — and a rare opportunity — for wildlife experts in California to care for a flock of four Nenes, which are Hawaii's state bird.

Songbirds are dying across Northern and Central California, and a common backyard feature is facilitating their fate.

Hummingbirds are in California in spring. Here’s how to identify species, where birds live and how to attract them to backyards and gardens.

Mourning doves, European starlings, crows and other common backyard species have been found dead on a residential street in Richmond, California, in recent months. Pixabay Residents of a Northern ...