All the season’s colors made the gray mockingbird seem so majestic,” says Birds & Blooms reader Sujata Roy. In addition to ...

Black skimmers will sometimes rest on the beach by laying their head and belly on the sand, Koczur said. A casual observer ...

More often heard than seen, a great crested flycatcher is a master insect-catcher of the high canopy. Here's how to spot this ...

Conservationists have hailed the white stork as "an emblem for nature recovery" as they work to reintroduce the long-vanished breeding bird to the UK. Once a common sight in Britain, with their ...

Analysis How to stop birds flying into windows – and whether those predator stickers actually work Windows are the top human cause of bird deaths. Jason Hoeksema explains how to change that ...

Red kites were common in Shakespearean London, where they fed on scraps in the streets and collected rags or stole hung-out washing for nest-building materials. Shakespeare even referred to this habit ...

eighing in at a single ounce, the white-crowned sparrow can fly 2,600 miles, from Mexico to Alaska, on its annual spring migration, sometimes traveling 300 miles in a single night. Arctic terns make ...

Shakespeare even referred to this habit in 'The Winter's Tale' when he wrote: 'When the kite builds, look to lesser linen'. The red kite is a large bird of prey with angled, red wings that are ...

Begin by drawing a small oval or teardrop shape in the center of your paper. This will be the bird’s body. Tilt the shape slightly upward to give the impression that the bird is rising or soaring. At ...

Albatross flying against blue and cloudy sky. Image via Unsplash The wandering albatross, the largest flying bird in the world, boasts an impressive wingspan of over three meters and weighs between ...

Kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, largest flying bird native to Africa. Bird in the grass, evening light, Kgalagadi desert, Botswana. Wildlife scene from African nature. Red seand. The Kori Bustard ...