Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...
The nightjar, a nocturnal bird species, is a master of disguise. Their grey-brown coloring and streaked feathers help them to camouflage with their surroundings, making them difficult to spy. Even so, ...
The first recorded sighting of a common cuckoo in New York recently created a stir in the birding community. As reported by CBS News, a golfer spotted the cuckoo in Riverhead, Long Island, in late ...
If you ever find yourself wandering through the forests of Peru, you’re likely to notice a unique and colorful bird called the Andean cock-of-the-rock. As you’ll see in this YouTube video, this unique ...
Alert readers of the print edition noticed a puzzling photo caption in my last column. When writing about gull identification it’s a good idea to identify the gulls in the photo properly. And I didn’t ...