One rainy morning a week ago, I hear a beautiful bird song that I cannot quite identify. It’s longish, sweet and melodic. From in the bedroom, I glance over at the feeders and there’s the usual ...

“I went to Venice Rookery, an Audubon location, hoping for an opportunity to get some great photos of the nesting wading birds as I often am able to get there. Then, I noticed the purple martins ...

The current record for the number of birds observed in my yard in during December is 31 species and that record was set just last year. On my first day of observations, I managed to pick up 18 species ...

The recent heavy snowstorms that created havoc for people in the northern half of the country also may have pushed a group of pretty birds called purple finches to the Houston area. The little birds ...

The purple finch is rarely seen in this area during the summer months as very few purple finch nest in southern Wisconsin. Most breed in the northern half of the state. At this time of year, those ...