“Northern mockingbirds seem to enjoy sitting on this euonymus shrub. I always look for them in fall. When I took this photo, the striking backdrop was a crimson and orange maple tree. All the season’s ...

Identifying common backyard birds is relatively simple by using a step-by-step procedure. Let’s use a group of familiar species to demonstrate the process. Mixed flocks of gregarious, acrobatic, ...

Let’s review the field marks of the tufted titmouse. It is a small, gray bird with a tufted crest. The forehead (just above the bill) is black. The sides of the body are a rusty color up to the wing.

It’s been a week for diversity in the bird world. We’ve had big black birds, big white birds, big black-and-white birds. We’ve had small brown birds, small gray birds, small orange birds and small ...

(CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and ...

A photo of the Spectacled Flowerpecker taken in the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Segerak research station. While scientists and birdwatchers have previously glimpsed the small, gray bird in ...