BETHEL -- Malcolm Ford remembers bonding with his stepfather in his native England through the hobby of showing birds, specifically fantail pigeons. Now, 45 years later, Ford is reliving those ...

Observe the overall shape, including the bill, tail, and wings. Observe the bird's color patterns and any distinctive markings, such as stripes, spots, or patches. These can be key identification ...

Birdwatching was seen as a White man’s hobby. These people are reclaiming it. The hobby took off in the pandemic, opening up to many who had never participated before ...

Birdwatching, or birding, is a rewarding hobby that connects people with nature and offers a peaceful escape from daily life. Whether you are in a city park, a rural area or even your back yard ...

Watching the birds in my backyard is a year-round hobby. I have breakfast with them in the winter, watching from my kitchen. In the summer I sit on the porch savoring the flowers but most important… ...

After learning about common birds found in Colorado Springs, bird ... A red-tailed hawk flies over Fountain Creek Regional Park during a winter ... “It’s such an accessible hobby,” Frost ...

A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...

With gold plumes, a long tail and brilliant colors are the rather small red-golden or yellow-golden pheasants. With brilliant blue-green plumage, the melanistic mutant pheasant, an old European ...

If you collected basketball cards during the hobby's earlier years, there is a good chance the 1980 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird rookie card brings back a wave of nostalgia.

Like many people staying home during the coronavirus pandemic, I have recently gotten into a new hobby: bird-watching. Last fall I set up a bird feeder in my backyard and immediately became ...

It was a small bird, about the size of a bluejay, but its tail was more than 150% the length of its body. And the tail's length isn't the only unusual thing about it.

Project FeederWatch, a joint program between Birds Canada and Cornell University tracking winter birds at backyard feeders, also showed a 46 per cent jump last year, Mr. Allair says.