Making a list of birds with a long tail isn’t as straightforward as it seems. For example, the peacock is not on the list.

A Cuckoo, which has been classified as a rare and red-listed bird by the RSPB, has been spotted in Salthouse in north Norfolk ...

The most distinguishing characteristic of a male yellow-headed blackbird is its bright yellow head and chest, hence its name. “It’s also bigger than a red-winged blackbird,” says Paige Anspach, ...

Lately, my home in the country has been all a whirl with the sights and sounds of one of my favorite birds. Few birds can ...

September birding should be very good as so many species will be traversing Western New York and stopping over to rest.

Flying nonstop approximately 500 miles from Central America, Mexico and the United States, the hummingbird, weighing just 0.2 ounces, migrates twice a year visiting our backyards during spring and ...

Birdwatchers on the Cheyenne Big Day Bird Count held May 18 tallied 109 species in the Cheyenne area, including a lot of colorful birds Mark and I had at our backyard feeders during the month of May.

Today’s featured avian creature is the White Hawk, a widespread, beautiful bird of prey whose life is still a bit of a mystery. The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is called the gavilán blanco in ...

Pretty much everybody in New Jersey knows the blue jay. Its Latin name is Cyanocitta cristata, said to mean “noisy blue bird with a crest.” That describes it pretty well, except that the breast and ...