In the winter, when food from plants and insects is scarce, non-migratory birds are more reliant on bird feeders than in ...

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If you love watching or feeding the birds in your neighborhood, the four-day Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is for you! It’s a fun way to learn about the birds in your neck of the woods. But you’ll ...

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

The hummingbirds, warblers and butterflies are gone. But this time of year, house finches congregate at bird feeders like ...

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As birds flitted on and off colorful feeders in a flicker of flapping feathers, and chattered in chirps — punctuated by the occasional trill — a band of birdwatchers offered a cacophony of their own.