To celebrate the day, here are 10 facts on migratory birds. 1. Birds migrate for better conditions Migration involves long and often dangerous journeys. Migratory birds fly hundreds and thousands of ...

Blackbirds under new threat after mosquito-borne disease arrives in UK. The Usutu virus was first recorded in the UK in the summer of 2020 . Holly Evans. Friday 16 May 2025 14:21 BST.

Then, on March 1, I awake to the sound of red-winged blackbirds, twee-ing and twee-ing as they greet the dawn. Yes! Red-wings are true harbingers of spring. In years past, we’ve had them arrive as ...

MCGUIRE: Red-winged blackbirds are a sure sign spring is coming, or at least they used to be. HITCHCOCK: It was always, you know, kind of the first week of March red-wing blackbirds would come back.

As summer begins the local birds are busy: brooding, breeding and taking care of noisily-begging babies. One morning as Danny steps onto the porch, the first brood of our front-door phoebes flies ...