Bird never seen in US, the blue rock thrush, reportedly spotted on Oregon coast "It became quickly apparent that this was a very unusual experience," said Michael Sanchez, whose photos of what ...

Michael Sanchez, a band teacher from Vancouver, Wa., took photos in Oregon of what appears to be a rare U.S. sighting of a blue rock thrush.

Living birds are technically a specialized group of dinosaurs, and the model indicated that the common ancestor of all the birds alive today had the iridescent feathers that still glitter across ...

Parrots, toucans, and other brightly colored tropical birds are typically found exactly there–the tropics. Those that live further north and south tend to have more bland feathers. The origin of ...