Now that we've entered the new spring season, we may be looking for the migrants who will live with us. Searching the yards, we can see some birds that did not winter here but are present now. Along ...

Estimates of the bird population vary, but experts say between 300 to 500 species can be found at various times of the year ...

A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and ...

But as a warming climate shortens Maine's winters, bird species once rarely seen during the colder months now hang around for ...

Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...

Maintaining and observing a bird feeder throughout the winter can sound like a generous and kindly activity to help birds cope with the cold season. Though the seeds that we place on the feeder and ...

Down parka? No, a sweater will do. Wooly hat pulled down over the ears? No, a cap will do. The sound of chickadees and ...

With sleek sharp bills, they peck at the suet, one on either side displacing the regulars for a while: the red-bellied woodpecker and the resident flicker. A few mingle with mourning doves and juncos ...

Two of these, the red-bellied woodpeckers and turkeys, are relatively new arrivals in the Northland, but they settled into a wintering pattern. These usuals were also joined sporadically by red ...