Nature never runs out of ways to surprise us! It is endowed with birds that have beautiful covers of feathers on their bodies ...

The sight of tiny sparrows fluttering between the branches of a hedge is a quintessential part of a walk in the countryside. Just as the repetitive “tap-tap-tap” of the woodpecker, the ...

Woodcocks are known for their unique and almost comical way of walking, which seems a better fit for a 1970s disco than the ...

The Great Blue Heron can be seen with its piercing yellow eyes casually holding the gasping rodent in its long yellow bill.

Jennifer is right, this belted kingfisher is a male. In the case of this species and a few others in North America (example, ...

Marbeth’s Carolina wren gives us a nice opportunity to look closely at this bird because ... a fairly long beak. It would also have a rather perky behaviour and furtive movements. Its coloration is ...

The northern jacana, a water bird found in Costa Rica. An overview of its physical features, habitat and its unique ...

The blue of its feathers stood out even against the blue of the pre-dawn light. It was a male mountain bluebird, of course, ...

Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have one out of every three bites of food we eat. That’s because about 35 percent of the ...

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