The house wren builds a nest out of twigs and sticks, into which the female places soft material for her eggs.” Michalski is no fan of invasive species like house sparrows and starlings, but she ...

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

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

The hen harrier is one of the most glorious birds of prey in Britain — yet it provokes fierce debate. Mark Cocker unpicks why ...

Red-winged blackbirds vexed me when I first started birding. Not the males. They’re easy. They have that sleek all-black ...

Q: I was driving by our local lake recently and saw an amazing sight, one adult Canada goose and 15 little goslings. Isn’t it unusual for a goose to have this many babies? A: Yes, it would be highly ...

Northern house wrens prefer them 6 to 10 feet above the ground and hanging from a tree. Chickadees are most likely to nest in houses that are 4 to 8 feet above the floor of a thicket. This is the ...

No Mow May encourages homeowners to stash the lawn mower each spring and let flowers and grass grow for pollinators and water retention. And if your neighbor’s lawn already looks li ...

I have been living at the hospital for the last few weeks. Specifically, in ICU with a family member. Now things are better, and we are going to a regular ...

Role and attached importance of the male varies greatly from species to species, says columnist in nod to Father's Day ...

Three downy peregrine falcon chicks recently hatched inside an Ojai Raptor Center incubator, weeks after mottled brown eggs ...

The glacier finch is the only bird in the world that nests at such high altitudes. Sadly, climate change is threatening to ...