The Henry Pigott house on Portsmouth Island. Photo by Sara Hassatt By Peter Vankevich The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place this year after having been canceled in 2023 and 2024 ...

It’s a good time to reflect on some of the remarkable new species that arrived in the New Forest during 2025.” ...

Sometimes I catch myself classifying birds into two categories: fancy and regular. Shame on me. This is a bad attitude, because all birds are gorgeous little creatures. But I fear, after all these ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

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 ...

As pecking orders go, it’s hard to imagine another bird that is more aggressive and dominant out of all proportion to its ...

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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 ...

It is finally official. Winter is here. New snow is expected. The days are growing longer again. Ironically temperatures are mild, there are no blizzards waiting to pounce. It is just winter. Many of ...

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 ...