More than 60% of all grassland habitats in North America have been lost, according to the 2019 North American Grassland and Birds Report by the National Audubon Society. Much of it is due to ...

The bald eagle officially became the U.S. national bird after a Christmas Eve proclamation signed by President Joe Biden only weeks before he left office. But Arizona and all states in the union ...

European folklore holds that the wren "is the king of all birds." This seems an odd choice, since the wren is among the smallest of birds. There are several versions of the story. Perhaps the most ...

Wrens are one of my favorite groups of birds. They are small, cute, and like to hide from us. That makes them challenging. But they also have songs that explode from cover and tell us which species ...

Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer inhabitant of scrublands and woodland edges throughout much of North America. Variation in plumage and call ...

The winter wren is a misnamed bird, at least in our neck of the woods. Here, this bird is a spring wren phenomenon. The Red River Valley is pretty well established as a northward migration route for ...

According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...