Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds throughout city life. These small, ...

I observed a female chipping sparrow with something in it’s beak. It looked like short, fine pieces of tan, dry grass.

Wildlife sightings on the boat trip were excellent. Right at the start, there were dozens of sea otters drifting around in ...

Avocets and marbled godwits peeped and chirped as they hunted for breakfast along the shore. Out on the water, tinted orange ...

Perhaps the most famous urban hawk was Pale Male, a red-tail who nested on ... via Wikimedia Commons. House sparrows have become one of the most widespread and successful urban birds globally, found ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: drink-your-tea! This is not a British parent’s plea, ...

Migratory songbirds are fickle breeders, especially since the marshes where they mate are flanked by shore homes, roaring ...

The lab-raised, male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malaria ...

However, it is never too early or late to put up a nest box, as some birds will use them to roost in during the winter months. A nest box with a 32mm entrance hole fixed on the wall of a house could ...

Never numerous, the species is seen mostly in singles or pairs, and adults will stay on or near territory all year round. Birds will also visit garden bird tables. The Marsh Tit is very similar in ...