It’s hard for me to believe it’s almost summer, but here we are. Some of my favorite spring wonders – like the annual ...

At the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Jasper County the other day, I nearly stumbled upon a killdeer plopped down on a swath of bare, gravel-covered ground. I quickly realized that the bird was ...

Just outside my home-office window, I noticed a bird’s nest about 4 feet high in some leafless shrubbery on a cold, winter’s day. I had not seen the nest in summer when it was hidden by green ...

Learn what a veery bird looks like and where you can find one. Also find out what this thrush's song sounds like and what the ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...

A Baltimore oriole nest made of mostly horse hair, and only horse hair, is the best bird nest I have ever seen. It was found in a tree in the yard of a friend. Alex, who showed me the nest, lives on ...

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

Wild birds occasionally build their nests in the strangest places, like on top of front door wreaths, hanging flower pots, or dryer vents. If you’ve found a bird’s nest in an inconvenient spot, it’s ...

“A mourning dove was sitting on two eggs in my holly tree for two or three weeks. One day, she left the two eggs behind and never came back. After a few days, the eggs were gone too. Why would the ...