BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Beaver Island is a birder’s paradise. There are chickadees and grouse, snow buntings and snowy owls. Plovers and loons on the water, eagles and osprey in the skies. Plus, gulls and ...

While the trees in your yard are most attractive to nesting birds, they might also choose your garage. Whether you can remove ...

"I just flew in from South America, and boy, are my wings tired!" That's what a cliff swallow might say, if cliff swallows could talk. After all, they've just flown some 3,000 miles to Northwest ...

It was a great summer for the piping plover, thanks to decades of wide-ranging, multi-agency recovery effort to which Central Michigan University students and faculty have contributed. Across the ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...

There are one or two things one does not do in the company of great blue herons. First, if you are presented with a wounded heron that’s been confined to a burlap sack, do not open the sack to look in ...

A baby bird falls out of its nest onto the ground — what should you do? A well-meaning person may want to help out, but sometimes it's best to just let nature be. Breeding season is in full swing ...

Georgia’s bird nesting season is underway. Here’s a short primer: Q: How long do birds in Georgia incubate eggs before they hatch? A: It depends on the species — and their sizes. Typically, large ...