The year after it opened, Highbanks hosted a Bachman’s sparrow. I was only 12, thus I had no driver’s license, but my always supportive parents ran me up the road to see the bird.

Say goodbye to Bachman's Sparrow, Scott's Oriole and Townsend's Warbler. Those three birds are among a half-dozen that will get renamed first under a plan by the American Ornithological Society to ...

Many of our birds are named to honor someone with some names belonging to supporters of slavery or genocide, the American Ornithological Society said.

James Brown: Hello and welcome to Five Things. I'm James Brown. It's Sunday, April 9th, 2023. Go Bills. Every week we take an idea or concept and go deep, and this episode is for the birds.

Say goodbye to Bachman’s Sparrow, Scott’s Oriole and Townsend’s Warbler. Those three birds are among a half-dozen that will get renamed first under a plan by the American Ornithological ...

Some birds are about to get new names. And no, we aren't talking pets, parrots at a zoo, or cartoon characters like Woody Woodpecker. Think the Cooper’s hawk, Townsend’s warbler and Bachman ...

2024 marks the beginning of a major turning point for the American Ornithological Society as the centuries-old organization renames bird species that once honored enslavers and confederates. On ...

And, when you hear a Bachman’s sparrow, you know you’re in a special place. Bachman’s sparrows seemed to be singing from every direction as I stood in the restored longleaf pine savanna ...

On Thursday, a major birding society will discuss how how to go about changing potentially offensive bird names. There's resistance to the original plan to rename all birds named after people.