As expected with the warming temperatures and greening in the end of May, we experienced a large movement of songbirds returning from their southern wintering sites. The flights began in April, ...

Coincidentally, on the same day, I was weeding in the front yard when I saw a robin eyeing me warily from a nearby branch and squawking angrily. I thought a chick might be hiding nearby when I ...

Our days are at their longest now, and dawn comes early with its chorus of birdsong. If you’re up with the sun, you’ll get to enjoy the earliest singers. The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) ...

What are the sounds of a summer afternoon? Very little birdsong. Birds, like humans, are warm-blooded creatures, and so many of them hide away during the hot afternoon hours. But not all of them. I ...

We had a pair of catbirds that nested in some thick shrubs behind our house this spring and summer. They are most interesting. They are handsome birds – slate gray with a black crown, though not ...

While walking around the yard clipping some greens for holiday decorating, I found a few gifts in the form of bird nests ...

The phoebes fledged. Three young ones left the nest last week. The catbirds and the barn swallows and the house wrens weren't so lucky. All of them lost nests in the big wind of June 17. The catbird ...

The Auk: Ornithological Advances aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge by increasing the basic knowledge of bird species, both living and extinct, and the knowledge of broad biological ...