Fall is here, and the voices that tell me so are those of the crowned sparrows. There are two of these birds: the white-crowned and golden-crowned sparrow. Both arrive here in September from their ...

Have you been hearing new birds? Spring and summer are the main seasons for singing birds, but the relative quiet of autumn can make certain sounds stand out as new migrants arrive. In the ...

The usual suspects at the home seed feeder don’t change much until autumn arrives and migrant species begin to arrive to escape the chill of northern climates. As I watched the usual gathering of ...

SANTA CRUZ — A recent UC Santa Cruz study examining the golden-crowned sparrow, which winters annually at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, shows that the colorful birds have complex social ...