Late July is somewhat of a lull when it comes to the world of backyard birds: summer migrants have become old news, fall migrants are still months away and the flood of baby birds encountered in early ...

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A Missouri bird sanctuary rejoiced after officials recently spotted a rare bird on the facility's grounds. The bird, a Green-tailed Towhee, was sighted at the Riverlands Migratory ...

GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — Jacki Howard loves watching birds. "I grew up here, so I spent my whole life watching," she says. The sounds of birdsong echo through the trees in Howard's Geauga County backyard ...

The roadside raptor survey was going slowly. I had seen only a few hawks so far. The weather was good with clear skies and calm winds, a good day to be in the field. Yet the poor success of the survey ...

Recent sightings (through Nov. 19) as reported to Mass Audubon. The Cape’s second-ever record of spotted towhee was made at the Provincetown Airport. A very rare pine grosbeak, two white-winged ...

Sparrows are difficult to identify with most of them appearing plain brownish to grayish. The green-tailed towhee adds some zip to its gray body with unique greenish-yellow highlights on the wings and ...

Recent sightings (through Feb. 11) as reported to Mass Audubon. A female tufted duck was found on Long Pond in Harwich. The spotted towhee continued at the Provincetown Airport. Birds at Race Point in ...