One statistic from the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 that caught the eye of compiler Lucy has nothing to do with birds: There were 61 counters out in the field along with 19 feeder ...

While many of Michigan's summertime birds head south when it gets cold, dozens of species thrive amid the cold. What to know about feeding them.

When the wind howls and the temperature plummets, it's easy to look out a window as birds ... sparrow, northern cardinal, red-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, American goldfinch, American tree ...

One statistic from the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 that caught ... held on Dec. 28, is 15. The American tree sparrow returned to the Reading count with 10.

In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...

But most backyard birds ... American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when winter is coming, not ...

This is a great time of year to see birds’ nests. A search for bird nests is like an archaeological dig, without the ground and without the dig. Shrubs and trees are naked, allowing an open ...

This beautiful snowy owl was one of two seen in the annual Mindemoya Christmas Bird Count. Lynn Thompson MINDEMOYA—2024 marked the 51st anniversary of the Mindemoya Christmas bird count held December ...

From the beginning of the operation to the conclusion, all fluids ... In mounting birds there is room for considerable display of taste in the adjuncts. A branch of the tree which the bird most ...

Now, some bird organizations list the chipping sparrow ... eye rings and a pinkish — almost orange — beak. The American tree sparrow has a rusty cap but lacks the black stripe of the chipping ...

Meet Figaro, a Goffin’s cockatoo. He taught himself how to turn cardboard into a tool. Birds, it turns out, are actually brainiacs. TOOLMAKING. At a research aviary in Austria, inventive Figaro ...