Townsend’s Solitaire is the only US representative of a group of mostly mountain dwelling thrushes of Central and South ...

On foot we take the time to see things whole.” So wrote the marvelous nature writer Hal Borland, and while, alas, I can’t ...

Walking these trails feels like trespassing through time, with gumbo limbo trees (affectionately known as “tourist trees” for their red, peeling bark that resembles sunburned visitors) standing as ...

Margo and I spent much of last Sunday afternoon on Plum Island. We went to the pines where we found some migrants. Many yellow-rumped warblers, a blue-headed vireo, a Swainson’s and two hermit ...

Editor’s Note: This story was supposed to run in last Sunday’s Northwest section. However, due to a mix-up, a different story was re-rerun instead. A bright yellow patch flashes from a tree canopy and ...

The song of the Savi's Warbler sounds like a strange insect buzzing. These birds live near European lakes, ponds, and rivers, just above the water's surface. During nesting season, males perch on ...

A hybrid yellow-rumped warbler and black-throated blue warbler was discovered on Hilton Head. It’s the first hybrid of this kind ever recorded. Mary Alice Tartler Mary Alice Tartler knows her birds, ...

California is one of the largest states in the United States and one of the largest sub-national economies in the world. Indeed, it’s like a country all its own, full of thriving industries, ...

The American yellow warbler is known for its sunny-yellow plumage and sweet song. But as any birder will tell you, they’re also fidgety. Trying to get a clear view of them is like seeing flashes of ...

My peanut butter feeder draws a nice assortment of visitors, including chickadees, nuthatches, siskins, juncos, a hairy woodpecker, and a squirrel. Most of these also feed on seeds, especially millet ...