Skymill is a modern interpretation of the barometer, the atmospheric instrument often found in middle- and upper-class homes in the days before wireless broadcasting brought weather forecasts to the ...

Bird-watching, also known as birding, is the practice of observing, listening to, pursuing and admiring birds in their natural habitats. It is a hobby enjoyed by people of all ages, backgrounds ...

Spherical White-throated Sparrow takes the prize at Wisconsin Fat Bird Week. The sparrow bounced Rotund Ruby-throated Hummingbird for the title.

So for the month of May, Bird Friendly Kitchener is celebrating that diversity. The organization helped give Kitchener the city's bird-friendly status and its official bird: the dark-eyed junco.

One projection shows favorable weather conditions may lead to a large “pulse” of birds migrating north over Kentucky and other states into Ohio and onward over the next few days. Bo Rader ...

Red-winged blackbird, sandhill crane, northern cardinal, yellow warbler, common loon and hummingbird also were on the list of indicators.

A dark-eyed junco enjoys the snow. Songbirds like the house sparrow, house finch, dark-eyed junco, evening grosbeak, gray crowned rosy-finch, Steller’s jay, Cassin’s finch, Canadian jay and the ...

That summer, Guignet saw an abundance of orange-crowned warblers, dark-eyed juncos and red crossbills, but nowadays visitors would see far fewer of those birds in comparison with other species ...

To attract dark-eyed junco birds to your yard in the winter, make sure to offer them food, like finely cracked corn, and placing it on the ground.

New Hampshire Audubon is inviting bird lovers to participate in its 38th annual Backyard Winter Bird Survey.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Just before dark on New Year’s Eve, I filled all the bird feeders, and I didn’t ...

And the same is true for you and me. From her pictures, I think my friend rescued a dark-eyed junco, which is a type of sparrow and one of the most abundant birds in the United States.