When a yellow-head flies, it has white patches on its wings.” This portly, large-headed bird is 8 to 10 inches long with a 16 to 17-inch wingspan and a cone-shaped, pointed bill.

Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society: Plum Island: Highlights from the Parker River National Refuge included a white-rumped sandpiper, a dunlin, two Wilson’s ...

Left, a black-capped chickadee, the Massachusetts state bird, and, right, a boreal chickadee. (Kurt Bauschardt/flickr and seabamirum/flickr) New data from Cornell University shows bird populations ...

Bird populations are declining rapidly in the U.S., including 22 species that live in or pass through Massachusetts, ... bobolink — a small black and white bird with yellow feathers on the back ...

The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was first – and last – observed by researchers 140 years ago, and it remained elusive until September. ... Rare bird sighting a sensation in Massachusetts.

Bachman’s warbler is one of 21 species declared extinct last year – but scientists are still discovering its secrets. For more than 100 years, a tiny yellow and black bird has lain on its back ...