If you are a young birder, or have helped mentor one, Leica Sport Optics wants to reward your enthusiasm. The company is holding an...

It eats like a hummingbird and is tiny like a hummingbird, but the oldest pollinating bird was not a hummingbird. Pumiliornis tessellatus was a now-extinct...

… because my husband and I have done some migrating of our own, from Chicago to Philadelphia, over the past few weeks, and bringing...

As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Birders and hunters usually share...

After watching the three-eyed ravens on Game of Thrones, it seems some other members of the bird kingdom want a piece of the small-screen...

You’ve probably heard of many different kinds of bird cams—web feeds that spy on the inner lives of birds. There are hawk cams, falcon...

The city of Evanston, a suburb just outside Chicago, is sometimes known for its fractious civic engagement. To wit, this is the place that...