A-list rare birds around here. In the first two months of last year we hosted the state’s first ever Ferruginous Hawk and an ...

Q: I am puzzled and hope that you can answer this for me. This year I have seen not one, but two birds that according to my father's bird guide are rare in new England, according to the maps. I can ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to literally have a wild bird in hand? Except for bird banders, few of us have ever had this experience — if we approach, birds fly off. But it is possible ...

A little know-how and insight changes the game of birding — and has been known to offer more than a passing surge of joy. In fact, scientific evidence abounds to show that the happiness birds bring ...

Nature has been working all spring to get me prepared for this weekend. In one sense, my being the hopeful sort kicked things off in late March when I opened the roof on a hinge of the birdhouse I ...

Some tiny birds take bold risks to gather a beakful of hair for their nests. Titmice have been spotted dive-bombing cats, alighting on dozing predators’ backs and plucking strands of hair from ...