Spring has come and birds are on the move. Many summer birds are yet to appear; April will be the peak month of arrivals. Some species, however, conduct their travels on a slightly earlier schedule ...

Here is a typical conversation that I have with fellow birders when I’m trying to bird for swallows. “There’s a swallow. There it goes. Here it comes. I wish it would perch someplace.” Swallows fly a ...

Estonia and Austria, two European countries, have named this species their national bird. George Grinnell played a huge role in early conservation. After he became editor of Forest and Stream magazine ...

Today, Brooklyn Bird Watch features an interesting Heather Wolf photo of a truly fascinating bird, the Barn Swallow, as seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park. (Heather Wolf’s photo is of a juvenile Barn ...