Selecting an appropriate location is key to successful birdwatching with kids. Parks, gardens, or nature reserves are ideal ...

There’s nothing like taking a field trip in school. We’re meeting up with our friends in Old Saybrook, but taking this one on ...

Sophia Haakman says she's been birding "more than half of my life." That's saying something, considering she's only 15 and became interested in birds around age 7. "I read a field guide, and I was, ...

When I go out for a walk, I keep an eye out for birds and other creatures. It’s exciting to see which birds are in the neighborhood. If I’m with a friend, I interject when a bird catches my eye. Often ...

Television shows and video games aren't the only action in town. Look in your backyard, down the street or up the road. You can see squabbling, fighting and loving, plus life-and-death struggles. Get ...

Joan Strassmann can rattle off trivia about birds as quickly as a Peregrine falcon can blast through the sky. Did you know that Northern flickers coax their young to leave their nests by continuously ...

Oshkosh Bird Fest, a free event, takes place May 3 from 6 a.m. to noon at Menominee Park. Activities include bird watching, banding demonstrations, guided bird walks, and live birds of prey exhibits.

Hummingbird migrations take place in spring and fall and those events are cause for excitement among many people. "They are the gateway drug to bird watching because they are incredibly charismatic," ...

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

During daily breaks from the world’s many dramas, I encountered another: The blue jay in my backyard is a ladies’ man. Each day, he swoops onto the bird feeder and fills up on seeds and nuts. He’s the ...