As snow blankets the River Valley, winter birds arrive at feeders and fields, giving backyard watchers a front-row seat to ...

But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of ...

Winter is an exciting time for birdwatchers because it's the season when dark-eyed junco birds can be spotted. These feathered creatures travel to the United States for the winter, where they might ...

During Covid-19 lockdowns, urban landscapes changed. Humans no longer left behind food waste for the birds to devour, and the ...

Human snow birds, my friends from Lake Villa included, are off to Florida, but avian snow birds are right here in northern Illinois. They’ll be with us until at least early April, if not longer. They ...

From their October arrival to their dawn feeding habits, dark-eyed juncos are the dependable “snowbirds” that quietly define ...

I asked North Jersey birders on Facebook what made them junco mavens, and the response was well-nigh Shakespearean.

As snowfall blankets the River Valley, bird watchers are flocking to their windows and feeders, enjoying the return of ...

With snow covering much of the ground across west central Ohio, you may be wondering how birds are finding enough to eat during the winter months.

One of my daily chores is to make sure the wild birds have adequate food. Some days it takes an extreme effort to shovel all ...

The sunny yellow-hued American goldfinch, which has a black forehead marking, can be seen all over the states. For a real ...

The crippling snow and ice storm that swept through our region last weekend coupled with record freezing temperatures ...