“Northern mockingbirds seem to enjoy sitting on this euonymus shrub. I always look for them in fall. When I took this photo, the striking backdrop was a crimson and orange maple tree. All the season’s ...

(CNN) — The ‘akikiki, a small, gray bird native to Hawaii, may not look remarkable, but its rarity is. Only five are thought to remain in the wild and, according to the state’s Department of Land and ...

A few months ago, I wrote a column about the largest birds in our area. It’s easy for everyday people to think of birds in everyday terms, dismissing sparrows and blackbirds as insubstantial and ...