Earlier this season, I wrote about the pileated woodpecker, a spectacular bird that reaches the northwestern edge of its range in eastern North Dakota. The part about the edge of its range could be ...

Kentucky State University staff and volunteers have been slowly reshaping woodlands on campus to supports native birds.

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...

Like many Northlanders, I have been maintaining bird feeders throughout the cold days of January. A subzero day with a snowpack of a foot becomes an even more terrific winter scene with the addition ...

SOUTH NEWFANE The red-bellied woodpecker is an established Vermont bird, on its way to becoming as common as the many other flatlanders that have moved north to make the state its home. The ...

The birds at our feeders have been busy beyond anything I have believed. The activity at the feeders, especially at the two safflower seed feeders, keep me busy, and as I write this, they promise to ...

Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

This is a red-bellied woodpecker. It is sometimes confused with the redheaded woodpecker because both species have red on their heads. Both species are similar in size as well. The red-bellied ...

Woodpeckers just go nutty for nuts, so provide them with a convenient, easy-to-use cylinder packed with peanuts and tree nuts, like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, and walnuts. A male Downy ...

Q: I read your column regularly and always enjoy learning new things from you. We have a bird feeder on our back deck, and I love to watch the birds (and squirrels) who come to eat at our feeder in ...

Local results The two most-spotted birds in the local Christmas Bird Count are out-of-towners. The European starling and the Canada goose show up the most in the 2023 counts across southwestern ...