Getting out of bed well before sunrise as usual, I had no reason to expect the day would provide incentive to keep not just looking but watching out the window. Before engaging my morning routine, I ...

On Veterans Day, I was sitting at my kitchen window with a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat and freshly washed windows to look through. All I needed to do was wait and watch.

While observing your feeders, you may be startled by a “blue flash” that suddenly appears as if from out of nowhere, snatches one of your birds in its talons and disappears. The “blue flash” will be ...

It was your standard November morning. I had a cup of coffee. I was adding notes on temperature and precipitation into my journal and I was keeping track of the arrival times and numbers of different ...

"A sharp-shinned hawk was here earlier," explained Chris Michelson, confirming an unwelcome guest can ruin any meal. Not to worry. Birds are a hungry bunch during the winter. It wasn't long before a ...

When we feed birds, spread seeds on the ground and pour them into various feeders, we expect finches and chickadees to show up. Here in southeast Ohio, a good snow may bring 70 northern cardinals to ...

It was just another day at the office for Sanders Ho of Hawk Watch International. About a half hour after I arrived at the bird counting station atop Bonney Butte near Mount Hood, a call came over the ...

If you feed birds in your backyard, don’t be surprised if you’re watching one day and a bird at your feeder suddenly vanishes into thin air. Well, maybe not totally disappears but there sure won’t be ...

Also persisting throughout the month is the south-bound migration. Shifting from the flitting of various warblers or the insect-eating swallows and flycatchers from early in the month, the songbird ...

The quiet of a Sunday morning was jolted by the sudden explosion of the quail flock that had been leisurely enjoying my garden seed feeder. The reason soon became apparent. Right behind the fleeing ...

DEAR JOAN: I heard a commotion outside my window and saw what I believe is a hawk with one of my precious little birds held down with its talons. Knowing there was nothing I could do to save the bird ...