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 ...

Have you seen a Northern Mockingbird at your feeder? They are the size of a Robin and they will be very aggressive to many other birds! They tend to visit more during the winter months when suet, ...

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 ...

When Earth was in its infancy, 4.5 billion years ago, things were quite different for our planet. Earth was quite a bit smaller than it currently is, and it was not alone. A second, smaller planet ...

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 ...