FALMOUTH — Mainers have been driving around with a black-capped chickadee on their license plates for 19 years, thinking they are proudly displaying the state bird. They may not be. The Maine ...

Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. For black-capped chickadees, that means Poecile atricapillus for the Latin name, and any number of regional names.

Two Chickadee species may be seen in the Berkshires, provided you are lucky. The black-capped chickadee has been here year-round, and in many habitats from heavy woods to backyards. It is one of our ...

Mr. Yellow, a cardinal with a rare genetic mutation spotted in central Alabama in 2018 and 2019, sits watch over two baby birds that are possibly his offspring. Jeremy Black Photography ...

Bird ecologist Eric Woehler said in his 45-year career "this is the first time I've seen a yellow-tailed black cockatoo that's missing the black". "It's quite a remarkable bird," he said.