Baby Birds — Leave Them Alone
Just because a young bird appears to be alone – whether on the ground or squawking loudly from a bush or tree – doesn't necessarily mean it is sick or injured. In June, young birds...
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Just because a young bird appears to be alone – whether on the ground or squawking loudly from a bush or tree – doesn't necessarily mean it is sick or injured. In June, young birds...
Golden-cheeked Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, Townsend’s Warblers, and Hermit Warblers share similar songs and plumage. Though they all breed in different areas of North...
"People tend to focus on birdsong, but there are many species making important sounds mechanically rather than vocally."
Some viewers who follow this series closely enough may notice that long-term engagement appears to come with benefits that resemble participation in certain well-known airline mile...
For the Bachman’s sparrow, whether a song is passed to the next generation could depend, in part, on the wind and trees.
Tree Swallows glisten in the June sunlight, as they swoop and glide, their arcs interlacing in the air. When a white feather flutters down among them, one swallow snatches the feat...
6:00 a.m. To a birder: already late—the best light and most active period are already underway. To a non-birder: a time that should not normally involve consciousness. “Just a shor...
Although the American Crow may seem indifferent about pillaging another bird's nest, they regard a threat to their own young as a punishable offense. To protect their nest, adult c...
In the flatwoods of South Florida, tiny brown birds emerge from the underbrush to sing from the branches of pine trees. To human ears, their songs sound nearly identical, but any g...
American Robin, anting Mourning Dove, sunbathing Blue Jay, sunbathing Photos by Jennifer Dudley
Inspired by Peter’s comment on one of my earlier posts on this blog, I decided to shine a spotlight on the often ignored Bananaquit. The reaction of birders to the presence of a Ba...
Not all blackbirds are mostly black. This Baltimore Oriole is orange! The bird's common name is a nod to Sir George Calvert, First Lord of Baltimore, whose coat-of-arms carried a g...
I walk my dogs along the Potomac River most evenings. My route has become second nature, the curve of the path, the movement of the river, the parts of the walk I know by heart. Of...
Few animals put on a show quite like manakins. In the rainforests of Central and South America, males of these small tropical birds, with strikingly bright plumage, often gather at...
Yellow-billed Magpies are clever, colorful birds — and they’re only found in central California. Their hefty bodies are boldly patterned in black, white, and iridescent blue. Like...
A male Eastern Bluebird stands on a wooden nestbox attached to a fence post. The bluebird’s song – and his alert presence - assert his claim to this territory. In the mid-20th Cent...
Louis Lefebvre’s book A Bird’s IQ: Innovation, Intelligence, and Problem Solving in the Avian World is engrossing, not to mention highly entertaining, by virtue of the many exampl...
Masonville Cove in South Baltimore is a special place to study birds. Once a dumping ground for sediment dredged from the Baltimore Harbor, the Cove is now a popular urban wildlife...
"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”
What a comfort it would be if every bird song were as easy to recognize — and remember — as that of this Olive-sided Flycatcher. Some people think it sounds like "quick-THREE-beers...
Jonny Phillips was walking his dog Arlo in a park near his Bournemouth home last Monday morning when Arlo scampered after a murder of crows circling a nearby tree.
An ancient dietary change made the manakin’s flashy courtship display possible, a new study suggests.
Urban birds flee women sooner than men across 37 species and 5 countries, and scientists studying birds fear women can't explain why. The post Urban Birds Fear Women More Than Men...
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