All the world’s redpolls probably represent a single species, and redpolls probably look different in different places more because of environmental influences on how...

Common Ravens have, it seems, finally nested in Manhattan, the densest metropolitan area in the nation. The photo above depicts three fledglings I encountered...

It was birdy this morning on the banks of the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. I’d seen nine warbler species, Baltimore Orioles, a brilliant...

A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers,...

The colorful Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands,...

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in...

Everyone, the Painted Bunting needs your help. There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting...

In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I...