The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Why Birds Need Native Plants Native plants for birds are like Mom’s home cooking. They’re the tried-and-true foods that keep ...

From the depths of winter to the dog days of summer, these native bushes, trees, and vines can help support a variety of ...

A nature writer finds solace in the return of eastern bluebirds while battling the flu, sharing insights on their nesting ...

Linn County Conservation is preparing for the return of the bluebirds, setting up nest boxes for the upcoming nesting ...

Spring draws hundreds of millions of birds north after winter shooed them away. Here are some of the species traveling to or ...

As I write this column I am feeling quite under the weather. The flu has come to town and it has me in its grip. I haven’t ...

“People tend to have an unconscious bias towards male birds, and that’s often because they’re brighter and easier to identify ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection ...

The Eastern Bluebird is New York's state bird and a sign of spring. The species declined in the mid-1900s but rebounded ...

Shirley Mast, of Lancaster, seconds Carl’s suet suggestion. It helped attract to her city yard the ruby-crowned kinglet that she reported during The Great Backyard Bird Count. Mast, a retired teacher, ...