As winter lingers, lengthening days awaken red-bellied woodpeckers to song, rivalry and romance, offering a hopeful, lively ...

When Brian Shema began taking part in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count more than two decades ago, red-bellied woodpeckers were a very rare sight. The red-headed bird’s historical ...

Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

Like many Northlanders, I have been maintaining bird feeders throughout the cold days of January. A subzero day with a snowpack of a foot becomes an even more terrific winter scene with the addition ...

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...