From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.

There were plenty of unusual records as 2026 got underway, including Red-flanked Bluetail in London and Corncrake in ...

Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

The purple gallinule, native to the Caribbean, landed in Houlton but was fatally injured by the cold. Several off-course ...

Happy New Year everybody! As is customary at this time of year, I am going to pause to take a look back at the events of the past 12 months.

A flock of 30 snow buntings at the former North Country Stables was one of the highlights during the annual Yellowknife Christmas Bird Count Saturday - only the fifth such appearance in the count’s ...

A rare purple gallinule, native to the Deep South, was found in New Bedford during a storm. The bird was exhausted and underweight, likely blown about 1,000 miles off course by the weather. It is now ...

A woman in New Bedford had an unexpected guest Friday night after she found a tropical bird in her backyard. The New England Wildlife Center said they received a call about the Purple Gallinule ...

Growing up on the rolling pastures of River Valley Farm in New Jersey, Bryce Cotton remembers hearing birdsong across the cattle ranch—the cries of kestrels and the trills of Killdeers. That started ...

Measures have been put in place around one of Europe's largest poultry farms following an outbreak of bird flu. A two-mile (3km) protection zone has been introduced at Glenrath Farms' Whim Poultry ...

This week’s featured creature may be one of the most commonly seen birds, as nearly every Walmart parking lot is populated with them. The great-tailed grackle is quite common, and you’ve almost ...