“Northern mockingbirds seem to enjoy sitting on this euonymus shrub. I always look for them in fall. When I took this photo, the striking backdrop was a crimson and orange maple tree. All the season’s ...

(CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and ...

Identifying common backyard birds is relatively simple by using a step-by-step procedure. Let’s use a group of familiar species to demonstrate the process. Mixed flocks of gregarious, acrobatic, ...

It’s been a week for diversity in the bird world. We’ve had big black birds, big white birds, big black-and-white birds. We’ve had small brown birds, small gray birds, small orange birds and small ...

A few months ago, I wrote a column about the largest birds in our area. It’s easy for everyday people to think of birds in everyday terms, dismissing sparrows and blackbirds as insubstantial and ...

Those who have skied in the Morningside Park area at Steamboat Resort may have fond memories of feeding small gray birds, known as gray jays, that rest near the Morningside chair lift. Though the ...