Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

Columnist Bill Danielson explores the challenge of identifying individual birds and the rare moments that make one stand out ...

We are overdue for another episode of everyone’s favorite made-up, bird-related, Cape Cod-based award show: the Bird Grammys!

While the man-made and woman-made gusts and microbursts whip Washington, D.C., into chaos, the only disturbances here are at ...

Blue Jays can mimic a wide range of sounds, with their hawk impersonations standing out the most. This mimicry helps them scare off potential predators and alerts other birds to the presence of hawks.

Males have a rusty back and tail, a slate-blue head and wings ... making rodents scarce. Some hawk species hunt other birds ...

But then a beautiful band of blue jays will ... but also a spot where the birds feel safe, probably near trees, where they can flee if a predator gets close, like a hawk. Then buy good food ...

Former Penn State Blue Sapphire Lori Bowers Uhazie talks about her new children's book 'Nittany and Me' ...

Pie, a Harris's Hawk, looks for crows in downtown Denver on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. After three months the falcons had ...

One statistic from the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 that caught the eye of compiler Lucy has nothing to do with birds: There were 61 counters out in the field along with 19 feeder ...

I f you’re looking for the Connections answer for Sunday, February 2, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and ...

Becoming familiar with the night raptors in your neighborhood is worth exploring. Many owls are comfortable with human ...