Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it's almost always obvious when you've seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

A bright red bird is one of the most eye-catching wonders of nature. Beyond their beauty, there is a reason behind that pop of color. Male birds are typically the brightly colored ones, which helps ...

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How birds ...

It’s time to fret for the red-footed booby. Not to mention the many-colored fruit dove; the pink-footed shearwater; and members of Hawaii’s noddy gang, both black and blue-gray. In a long-delayed ...

As mornings dawn earlier and light lingers longer at the end of each day, birds are noticeably more active. They’re getting noisier – and nosier – as spring awakens, feasting at feeders and searching ...