There are many different kinds of birders. Some travel the world to find rare, exotic species. Some prefer to stay home, watching the visitors to their backyard feeders. Others are up at dawn, hiking ...

If you’ve ever complained about air travel, imagine what it’s like for a migrating songbird. Take for example, the prothonotary (pro-thon-uh-ter-ee) warbler. It’s a bright golden bird about 5 inches ...

Male Blackburnian warblers are sometimes called "fire throats" because of their striking flame-orange face and throat. Spring migration is in full swing, which means warbler season is upon us! These ...

While many wood warblers flit about in the treetops during migration, making them hard to spot, the American Redstart is one that remains here and nests locally, and can often be found in the lower ...

I came away from a recent program on bird migration given by Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman learning a few new nuggets of information about warblers, which are one of my favorite bird families. The ...

The evening of May 12, an estimated 1.1 million birds crossed over Monroe County during spring migration. Most migratory birds fly at night, which can make them difficult to see but provides ...

Spring migrations runs between March 1 and June 15. Fall migration runs between August 1 and November 30. Peak spring migration is in May in RI Have you heard the distinctive call of a red-winged ...

For the few weeks, the hybrid poplars in my backyard have been very busy with a variety of songbirds stopping by to eat some tiny hatching insects. Several species of warblers have shown up along with ...

For Iowa birding enthusiasts, the spring warbler migration is a highlight event. Not all migrations are created equal, of course. The speed, timing, and abundance of the annual flights are largely ...

The importance of understanding the geographic distribution of the full annual cycle of migratory birds has been increasingly highlighted over the past several decades. However, the difficulty of ...

EGREMONT — It’s a bird that’s been officially sighted just five times in the Berkshires since 1945. And after last week, make it a sixth for the prothonotary warbler, decked out in yellow spring ...