I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can. If you ...

For the beginning bird-watcher, storied Chico ornithologist Roger Lederer has just the ticket. It’s a little, staple-bound 64-page booklet called “Pacific Coast Bird Finder: Identifying Common Birds ...

The Chattanooga area is known for its biological diversity, but the abundance of bird species that call the region home and migrate through the area may be surprising even to those who think of ...

Across New York state, from the skyscrapers in NYC, to the high peaks in the Adirondacks to Niagara Falls, bird enthusiasts say the American Goldfinch is the most sighted bird in the state. According ...

Robins are the most cherished backyard birds. But unlike other birds, they are repelled by bird seeds in your feeders.

Anna's hummingbird, a common species of hummingbird native to the western coastal regions of North America. (Gates Dupont/Princeton University) (CN) — Geography, habitat and species composition didn’t ...

“Our goal is to keep common birds common,” said Charles Clarkson, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s director of avian research. BRISTOL, R.I. — Many bird species that call Rhode Island home are ...