Since my last column on signs of spring (Feb. 7, 2024), more signs have become evident. The most common feeder bird in Idaho year after year — the dark-eyed junco — has begun to sing. Their simple ...

The birds are moving through, that's for sure. Mornings in New England are now filled with the songs of so many birds it's hard to separate the voices. Throw in a mockingbird imitating the songs of ...

I suspect the great naturalist and pioneer ornithologist was optimistic in his estimation of junco familiarity. His “snow-bird” is now formally known as the dark-eyed junco, and back in Audubon’s time ...

If you’re walking in the woods, you’re probably going to get more annoyed by a loud, screeching bird call than a soft, complex birdsong. But dark-eyed juncos are just the opposite. These birds will ...

During the colder winter months, the diversity of birds dwindles as many species leave Teller County. However, a few species that summer to the north move in for the winter. During this time you have ...

If you spend much time outdoors in freezing temperatures, you probably wonder where birds go when the temperature drops and the winds pick up. Just a week ago, I was walking a trail through the ...

It’s the time to catch up with those species that breed in the high spruce-fir regions of the Southern Appalachians — where they reach the southernmost limit of their breeding ranges — but come down ...

From now until the first ice storm in January is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s the period that’s brisk and invigorating without being bitterly cold or slushy. And it’s the time to catch ...

Juncos are one of those winter birds that are pretty much guaranteed to show up at every backyard bird feeder in New England. This is a bird I have been able to recognize since I was a child and first ...