What makes mountain birds sing at dawn—and why are they sometimes quiet? Ecologists explain

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the ...
The Berkshire Eagle

A year of birds at the feeders: Species counts, surprises and setbacks

Happy New Year everybody! As is customary at this time of year, I am going to pause to take a look back at the events of the ...

Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic: Here’s why

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...

How to feed those hungry wild birds in your backyard this winter

You can safely put out food for birds in wintertime if you take some simple precautions. While feeding birds isn’t necessary ...
WBUR

Spring bird migration in Concord now a week earlier than in Thoreau's time, study finds

While scientists said it’s good news that birds appear to be adjusting to warming temperatures, they cautioned the shift ...
Mongabay on MSN

How are California’s birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires?

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, ...
ucdavis.edu

Owl or Nothing: Learning 300 Birds in 10 Weeks

Rows of orioles, buntings and other birds line a table during the Laboratory in Biology & Conservation of Wild Birds class. (Malia Reiss/UC Davis) I was a plant girl. As an undergraduate student at UC ...