Birds are essential to the environment in many ways. Some species play a vital role in pollinating flowers, they help disperse seeds that lead to new plant populations, and even a ...

The location, shape and construction of a nest is as good a way to identify a species as is feather colour or song is to ...

Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These include a family of robins nesting atop a rain gutter, ...

Except for the barn owl, our region’s birds are predictable when they nest, how often they nest, and for the most part, how ...

The babies fittingly broke through their shells on Mother’s Day morning. At least that’s when I first heard the tiny cheeps ...

Social Weavers are known as genius architects as they build massive communal nests in trees which house hundreds of birds.

Tami Gingrich offers a look inside the lifecycle of the American robin — a songbird that should never be taken for granted.

Welcome home, feathered friends. The house is swept clean and freshly painted. An enticing meal of thistle and sunflower ...

But before you reach for the pruning shears, there’s a reason to pause and slow down. During spring, many female hummingbirds ...

Sibling eaglets Sunny and Gizmo, the offspring of celebrity couple Jackie and Shadow, hatched in March 2025 and are expected ...

If you look up the definition of a nest you’ll find a lot of words, but mostly they describe a safe place in which to rest, ...

Two New York men who bonded over bird-watching at the Central Park Reservoir are united in their efforts to save the nests of ...