The bright lights of the city at night cause young Eurasian Blackbirds to mature faster according to a new study.

Parking lot gulls are an easy target for photography. They are confiding, confident verging on cocky, and content to do their thing while you...

Birding tends to be an extremely freeform activity, demanding only we pursue our bliss to the best of our means and ability. But, every...

Waxwings and their relatives are a small, interesting group of songbirds that have seen some interesting taxonomic changes in the last few years. This...

In the realm of waterfowl, not all that are manky are malign. Many domestic Mallards do indeed offend the eye with their mutant messiness,...

I was rather surprised to find that the 10,000 Clicks section of 10,000 Birds does not have a Hairy Woodpecker gallery. Surely this is a terrible...

How I’d love to be pelagic birding in New Zealand right now! What could be (better/worse) than the last dregs of winter? How about...

The national bird of Jamaica is the Red-billed Streamertail, known colloquially as the Doctor Bird and scientifically as Trochilus polytmus. It is endemic to...