Tag: Birds

Millions of birds meet an untimely end by flying into buildings every year, but researchers weren’t always clear whether specific types were more vulnerable than others.  Previous research showed that...

From a bird’s eye view, a small pond in a mowed field may appear to be the perfect place to settle down and build a nest. The trouble for pintail...

Rather than rely on the safety of tree-lined streets for food, leaf-eating insects seem to prefer urban forests, even if they have to tolerate more predators in them. In the...

In the 1980s, biologists Chan Robbins and John Sauer reached a startling conclusion. Studying data from the Breeding Bird Survey — a project Robbins pioneered — they found birds that...

Birders and bird researchers have declared this week as Black Birders Week. Starting May 31, organizers of the weeklong event aim to increase the visibility of black birders across the...

The effort to restore the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) to the wild has achieved a major milestone. Captive-raised birds released last year are beginning to breed, and...

Migrating birds passing through New England go out of their way to find native berries to fuel up on for their southward journey, despite a plethora of invasive fruits available....

Standing over a foot tall and covered in brown mottled feathers, the king rail is hard to track down amid the marshy reeds where it spends most of its time....

As people have hunkered down at home, they’re turning to the birds in their backyards for entertainment. Birdwatching is seeing a big boost, the Associated Press reports. Downloads of popular...

As people shelter at home to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, thoughts are increasingly turning to … birds. That’s a tiny bit of good news amid the pandemic...