Look at that spot-chested young robin, hopping blithely across the lawn, stopping here and there as it searches for a meal. And take note of a young blue jay perched on a branch, gulping down a ...

Walking along a river trail recently, some birding friends and I stopped to stare in astonishment at an unusual sight, a hummingbird flitting near the base of a big oak. Almost at ground level, she ...

Gardening during the winter is an altogether different experience compared to the summer. Throughout the warmer months you ...

The American robin is one of the most familiar backyard birds in the U.S.—so familiar, in fact, it’s the official state bird of Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Michigan. With their bright orange bellies ...

Turn your garden into a bird paradise with berry plants that offer vibrant color, year-round beauty, and irresistible food ...

For birds, the spring and summer months are spent establishing a nesting territory, attracting a mate, building a nest and raising one or more broods of young. Nesting cycles vary with different ...

The American robin is a common sight in the spring in summer, with its bright rust colored breast and recognizable song. The birds are now in the middle of their nesting season, and might be building ...

I've gotten a couple of questions recently on a puzzling problem regarding American robins and windows. To be more specific, the robins are throwing themselves against windowpanes in the mistaken ...

Outside my dining room window a robin is building a nest. Every morning, I stand in silence, watching in awe as nature takes its course. She flies in and out of the leafless dogwood tree with bits of ...

In the spring, robins living on an Illinois tree farm sat on some unusual eggs. Alongside the customary brilliant blue ovoids they had laid were some unusually shaped objects. Although they had the ...