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Nature Trail: The much-loved Blackbird is one of the most common and widespread of our garden birds

In tune with the local blackbirds | Letters

Readers tell us about hearing their musically inclined avian neighboursHow I envy Jane Horne and her resident blackbird with a taste for musicals (Letters, July). Some years ago, I...

The Black-and-White Warbler

Black-and-white Warblers are tiny songbirds that breed in North America’s deciduous forests and winter as far south as Colombia. They feast on insects gleaned from leaves or plucke...

The Baltimore Oriole

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...

Robin

Riding on the wind...

Bird – ‘Held Here Together’

Weaving delicate finger-picked guitars with sweeping orchestral power, Held Here Together showcases Janie Price’s project, Bird, at her most expansive. The release blends literary...

Blackbird Beginnings: The A-12 Oxcart Story

The well-known SR-71 owes its roots to a more obscure predecessor, the A-12 developed by the famous Lockheed ‘Skunk Works’ as a successor for the U-2. When Francis Gary Powers was...

Blackie & Co.: A Blackbird’s Lesson in Friendship

In the middle of my bleakest winter, my friend Andrea gave me a battered copy of a forgotten book from her elderly father’s used bookshop in rural Texas, by a man named Hockley Cla...

The Black Crowes Honor Gram Parsons in England

The Black Crowes continue to revive material from throughout their catalog in concert. In a sharp turn from the first few years after they first reunited in 2019, when they only pl...

Bird “Held Here Together”

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album....

Swift Bricks

Common Swifts in Europe nest in eaves and under roof tiles and gables. But modern construction doesn’t have these nooks and crannies, and populations of swifts have been declining....

Clair de Loon

August 22 is the birthday of renowned French composer, Claude Debussy. Born in 1862, Debussy is known for his impressionistic sonic portraits, like La Mer, about the sea. But one o...

Hennessey Blackbird Revives the Analog Supercar With a Naturally Aspirated V8 and Gated Manual

Hennessey appears ready to take a very different path with its next bespoke supercar, and that is exactly what makes the reported Blackbird so interesting. Named after the legendar...

Singing Under Streetlights

Some birds have always called nocturnally, but other species are relative newcomers to the nighttime music scene, specifically in urban areas. Birds such as European Robins often s...

Another BirdNote Quiz

Let's have some fun and test your bird ID skills! This quiz features: an American Robin an Olive-sided Flycatcher, (like the photo above) a Red-tailed Hawk a Steller's Jay, wh...

sam hirst – Crow

Manchmal entstehen die eindringlichsten Songs aus den ungewöhnlichsten Begegnungen. Mit „Crow“ präsentiert sam hirst ein Stück Musik, das aus einer ganz besonderen, leisen Prämisse...

Black-throated Sparrow Sings in the Desert

Sparrows are iconic desert denizens of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. They thrive in open arid habitats, with evenly spaced shrubs, trees, and cacti. Historically, thes...

T.R. Burge & The Temple shares restless offering "This Bird Is Flown"

Manchester Southern Gothic act T.R. Burge & The Temple unveils vivid yet restless offering "This Bird Is Flown," from their forthcoming debut album Godache. Laden with dreamy i...

Mississippi Kites

The Mississippi Kite is one of America's most elegant raptors. These dove-gray birds spend the summer hunting over plains and woodlands in the southern United States. They often ne...

An Albatross Surfs the Wind

By moving from the faster high air to slower low air, or vice versa, an albatross can propel itself forward. In a series of sinuous loops, the albatross surfs the wind, up and down...

Roost: an app that sends messages at the speed of birdflight

Roost Social is an app that geolocates each user and slows transmission to the speed of bird flight. You start with a pigeon, but can add other species to your "rookery," thereby...

New Hennessey Blackbird revealed - pictures

Pictures of the new Hennessey Blackbird

Hennessey Blackbird Hypercar Revealed With 850hp V8 & Manual Gearbox

Hennessey Special Vehicles has revealed the all-new Blackbird, a touring-focused hypercar created around driver engagement rather than outright speed records. Inspired by the Lockh...