This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

The Cape Fear Bird Observatory will host its first Bird Bonanza event on May 3 at the New Hanover County Arboretum.

In addition to warmer temperatures and yellow pine pollen, one of the side effects of winter becoming spring in the South is ...

Adult: about the size of an American robin ... during fall and winter. Birds in the southern portion of range are resident. Vagrant: birds are found casually north of mapped range.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says many birds that migrate south during the winter are starting to come back. Officials say that before Helene it was estimated that we have lost ...