You often hear about rare birds. People who ... spring and fall migration. North America boasts more than 50 species of warblers. This one is probably the most abundant. It comes in two varieties ...

Despite the name, these invasive birds are not actually sparrows but weaver finches, related to other weavers in Africa and elsewhere. European Starling Starlings, which are from Europe and Asia, ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Black swifts, with their preference for nesting on steep, wet, cold rock faces, are among the most enigmatic birds in North America. JT Thomas On a hot, dry July evening, a dentist named Mike ...

These beautiful birds are North America's most common hawks. They are found all over the continent, in Central America, and in the West Indies. The first of these hawks to be scientifically ...

This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North America. Polytypic. Length 8.7". Usually sits in an obvious place or is found in flocks ...

The passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird in the world. In the mid-1800s, billions of these birds were flying over the forests of eastern North America. Yet in just half a century, they’d ...

"On a big night in the spring, you're talking 450 to 500 million birds flying under cover of darkness." For the most part ... the ruby-crowned kinglet. In North America, birds typically fly ...

It’s nearly time for North Carolina’s most ... are common in the southern part of the state by the end of March. These hummingbirds migrate to and from Mexico and Central America, Matadobra ...

With it, you can watch the progress of birds as they waft their way across the nation and even track how many flew over your county the night before. The system uses radar because most species ...