The softer winters and reliability of bird feeding stations in the winter have helped birds like the song sparrow and ...

Learn what an American goldfinch looks like and sounds like and what this bird eats. Also find out why goldfinches look ...

On a windy spring day in Iowa, the American goldfinch frequently darts through the gray sky with a quick burst of yellow and a looping flight over last year’s corn stalks. The bird’s presence feels ...

In Europe, it is well documented that bird species associated with agricultural landscapes have experienced a sharp decline ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal ...

If you keep a list of birds seen in a calendar year, it’s a happy challenge to look at the blank slate that Jan. 1 brings.

Spring can seem a long way off, until you spot a phoebe and see wrens gathering nest material. Learn more spring bird moments ...

New figures from NIBIO’s 3Q programme show that the total population of farmland birds has declined by about 25 percent since the turn of the ...

One of the biggest concerns is that bird feeders spread disease, sometimes with devastating consequences. In 2005, the disease trichomonosis made the jump from pigeons to greenfinches after they ...

"When these landscape elements disappear, the basis for bird life is weakened. In addition, some species nest directly on ...

One of my daily chores is to make sure the wild birds have adequate food. Some days it takes an extreme effort to shovel all ...

The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to watch and ...