“I went to Venice Rookery, an Audubon location, hoping for an opportunity to get some great photos of the nesting wading birds as I often am able to get there. Then, I noticed the purple martins ...

A small blue-purple bird often seen throughout the state during the spring has started to trickle back into Kentucky, but birdwatchers may be seeing less of the species in the future. The world’s ...

The Monomet Conservation Sciences has released its 2025 State of the Birds report. The report reveals accelerating declines in bird populations across the continent of North America. These declines ...

"I'm part bird," John Gerwin chuckled, as he guided a group of volunteers and children through the process of tracking the Purple Martin bird at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh. "I'm part bird ...

Robin Donaldson would not call herself a “birder” in the classic sense of someone who observes and identifies wild birds in their habitats. But last spring, the Ashland industrial engineer flew to ...

In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in Tennessee. The birds were seen on Feb. 4 in Hornbeak by a Purple Martin enthusiast – one of many ...

A bird not typically seen in Massachusetts is recovering at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, after being found in a rainstorm.

PITTSBURGH — One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above the fields and their condos at Harrison Hills Park. Nesting in ...

Mary Schmidt has eagle eyes and a bird brain. Of course, we mean both those observations as compliments. Curator of the Backyard Wildlife Center at the Lichterman Nature Center, Schmidt can spot an ...

Every summer, thousands of purple martins fly into Texas to roost and fuel up on insects before heading to South America for the winter. More than 200,000, and sometimes up to 500,000 of the songbirds ...