It’s a large perching bird, about 20 inches long, and a member of the Crinifer genus. Its species can be told by the long tail, which is black or gray and has a white band across the middle of ...

The green-cheeked parrot is a small, sociable bird native to South America. They are also popular pets worldwide, as they are ...

A swift-flying seabird, extremely graceful and agile in flight. When swimming, it floats buoyantly, and it takes flight from the water easily. Of the three jaeger species, the Long-tail is the ...

Sometimes people underestimate the importance of beaks, bills, and rostrums in identifying species. Yet, a beak can make all ...

painted in subtle hues of brown and white. On most of Lake Erie, the long-tailed duck is a rarity. If one appears on Ohio waters, it will make the rare bird alerts, and birders will stop by for a ...

It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects ...

Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...

Faced with a rash of shark deaths marked by brain swelling, Canadian and American scientists are trying to solve a marine ...

Hearing bird song in Lamoille Canyon on a summer morning is what one would expect. But one does not expect bird song on a ...

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road. With the stark landscape providing better ...