High in the bare branches of a tree at the edge of my meadow, a female pine warbler paused just long enough for me to take her picture. / PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

I try not to get jaded about my backyard birds, but sometimes I find myself thinking "just another cardinal" or "I’d love to see something more exotic." Most of us already have a spectacular array of ...

February 2024 was quite unusual in several ways. Much of the month gave us warm temperatures, some far beyond normal. These mild temperatures, frequently above freezing along with a very small amount ...

· Look at those pesky starlings trying to get to the food! · A cage is one successful way to offer foods that are highly desirable to starlings such as suet items, mealworms, chopped peanuts and ...

Conservation agencies and volunteers are out in jack pine forests in parts of the U.S. and Canada, searching for and counting a particular kind of bird, the Kirtland’s warbler. At 5:45 a.m. I met up ...

If you're like Kathy and me, you've seen a profusion of pine warblers at your bird feeders recently. The cute little yellow-tinged birds are descending by droves in people's yards. We often have 15 to ...

Pine warblers suddenly appear like golden, tinkling ornaments as they come down from the tops of pine trees to alight on backyard bird feeders. They’re the only warbler residing with us in the Houston ...

As birds migrate every spring and fall, CU Boulder’s campus makes for a fruitful stopping point for some, pictured above. Last November, four south-migrating warblers — birds not typically spotted in ...

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- You can help the rarest songbird in North America find a nest by donating some of your time in Crawford County. The group Kirtland Warbler Habitat is asking for ...

LOVELLS, MI – Decades-long strategies to protect Michigan’s most famous songbird may be shifting. Members of the Kirtland’s warbler conservation team recently witnessed proof that although jack pine ...

The Red-Bellied Woodpecker is a common visitor at backyard feeders, but do you know how to distinguish male from female? This video shows a great comparison of the two. Notice that the red on the head ...