It held together as snow built up inside the bowl, and we often saw chickadees “bathing” in the snow-bowl, much as birds in ...

With a feather-curling 59 votes, the Kirtland’s warbler ran away with top honors. Its popularity was apparent from the very ...

The out-of-doors, similarly, can be filled with silence. On a calm day our winter world can be impressively, or perhaps oppressively, quiet. The snow dampens the sound and, given that most people are ...

Tarik Shahzad logged 294 birds last year, a new record to Cook County, which is a hot spot for bird-watching in the Midwest.

Wilson’s warblers do not visit feeders, All About Birds reports, but if these tiny insectivores are out of luck in winter in what looks like nowheresville, with not an insect in sight, I can tell you, ...

Hearing bird song in Lamoille Canyon on a summer morning is what one would expect. But one does not expect bird song on a ...

If you've never set up a bird feeder before, you may be worried that birds will not find it right away. On the other hand, if ...

It’s all about point of view. I rush out in my pajamas to dump song-bird seed into my makeshift feeders and add a bit of ...

Known as Florida's loudest bird, several limpkins haunt the shores of Kings Lake each year, searching for a mate. Once considered endangered, limpkins are a version of a rail, roughly the size of a ...

Not that seeing belted kingfishers in the winter is anything new. We usually find at least one or two during the Christmas ...

Birding is also an excellent way to connect with nature during a season when outdoor activities may feel limited.

All wild birds naturally fear people to an extent. There are bird species, however, that are unnecessarily surly about it.