One of the simplest ways to slow down is to stop, smell the roses and listen to the birds. However, it seems people are starting to do more than just listen to them. The hobby of bird watching might ...

Look and listen for a vibrant migrating northern yellow warbler in spring. Learn what these warblers eat and what their nests ...

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you know their songs.

This summer, The New York Times, as part of its birding project with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will share a series of prompts to help readers learn how to start birding. Let’s begin with ...

In Iowa, 212 bird species nest throughout the state during nesting season. Nesting season is a great opportunity for first-time birdwatchers to make observations and start identifying species. Expert ...

Every birder knows the wonderful feeling of hearing a new bird, followed by the desire to discover what bird you heard and then the thrill of correct identification. Whether you are a new birder with ...

Spring is here, and the air is full of birdsong. The Merlin Bird ID app tells you what type of birds you’re hearing … plus it’s quick, easy and free. With this software from the Cornell Lab of ...

Next to insects, birds sadly seem to get short shrift from humans. We remain powerfully drawn to scenes of lions hunting in the Kalahari desert or rhinos jousting in eastern India, but remain mostly ...

"Conk-la-reeee," "teacher, teacher" and "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" − these are ways we humans have ascribed words to identify birds by their call, but it is getting even easier thanks to ...

Nature lovers can learn how to identify birds by song during a free program at 6:30 p.m. May 22 at Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch, 5642 Andrews Road in Mentor-on-the-Lake. Lisa Rainsong will ...