A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

July is a great month for birds, and the weather is generally nice too – so it’s a perfect time to see the nature in your ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

These people may have been inspired by animals they observed in nature, where there are many birds with mohawks that rival ...

Irene and Peter Cannatelli emailed me recently to ask for some help identifying birds in their yard at their home in Jonesborough, Tennessee. “We have a pair of birds we've never seen,” Irene wrote in ...

Northern Mockingbirds can imitate other birds, ... Though named for its belly, the red head is what really stands out — and it's a common visitor to suet feeders. House Finch.

We've compiled a list of a few species of red birds. ... Male northern cardinal perched on a branch following a winter storm. Image via Depositphotos. 1 shares. ... This striking bird received its ...

The red-shafted birds usually live west of the Mississippi River and are the ones we see most often. Some odd ones have spent the winter with us as well. One red-shafted bird’s bill is twice as ...

Bird name: Key characteristics: Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Bright orange-red head, yellow body, black wings and back, found in western North America.

We don’t yet know the routes northern migratory phoebes take to southern regions like Texas. No matter the route, the phoebes arriving here for the winter have chocolate-colored heads, tails ...

Red crossbill. Larry Master photo ‘Hopeful’ birdwatchers. Many other species from the north visit every winter, and some rarely, such as great gray and northern hawk owls. When small mammal prey such ...