As fall migration for most birds comes to an end, we enter a period that birders call “rarity season.” This is when we often ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A rare bird was spotted in Ohio, being documented in the Buckeye State for potentially the very first time. The Ohio Division of Wildlife shared photos on social media of a lazuli ...

The use of cameras, like the one Stobart used, is a fantastic way to document sightings of rare wildlife species. With the ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Spring is about a lot of things. The trees are blooming, lawns are getting greener, and… most excitedly… the birds are returning. Every year, between April 15th and June ...

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found. Some, like the passenger pigeon, ...

Last week’s Nor’easter brought more than wind and rain to Massachusetts. It bought with it some birds from down South. Most notable was a roseate spoonbill, a large, pink wading ...

The sudden burst of rare sightings has drawn attention and speculation. Are more rare birds actually arriving in Texas, or are people just getting better at spotting them? "The answer is a little ...

When a rare ocean-dwelling bird showed up on a quiet Houston lake hundreds of miles from its natural habitat, dozens of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tom Langen, Clarkson University (THE CONVERSATION) When I started bird-watching as a ...