There is a quiet bird of winter that appears each year outside my door. It is solitary and discrete — no flocking sparrow or clamoring jay. This bird blends in, wrapped in russet, its cloudy breast ...

I have always liked thrushes. They form a venerable and famous family of birds, but at the same time are common and familiar sights. I find this to be part of the appeal of birds in general — that ...

The American Robin is a ubiquitous bird with a distinctive orange breast and gray-brown back. It can be seen hopping on lawns, perching in bushes and building nests in urban, suburban and rural ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This column continues the discussion of Bicknell’s thrush, one of the most ...

Songs of hermit thrushes offer a tantalizing suggestion that some of the conventions of human music might have an underlying biological basis. First a thrush sings notes in their natural order. Then ...

I love a patch of woods with a thick dogwood understory, especially in the fall. Dogwood fruits are an important food for migrating birds, especially fruit-loving migrants such as thrushes and ...