North America boasts more than 50 species of warblers ... migrating in the dark. These shy brown birds are thought to be among the continent’s most abundant, with estimates as high as 100 ...

The widespread thrasher of eastern North America, the brown thrasher is generally a secretive bird of dense thickets and hedgerows. Often seen feeding on the ground, probing for insects with its ...

The common brown-headed cowbird is the most widespread brood parasite in North America. Poly­typic ... almost finchlike. Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked.

Iam always interested in the unsung hero or the rulebreakers of nature. The kind of critter that is common, yet no one seems to pay any attention to them. Or the bird who is so common throughout ...

With the stark landscape providing better visibility and many bird species gone for the winter ... of dark brown streaks ...

It was cold and the wind was blowing hard, but there I was with two friends scanning the whitecaps of Rose Valley Lake, hoping for a fallout of waterfowl and vagrant species. Winter birding in these ...