We commonly think of migrating birds as those who leave their winter homes in Mexico and other warmer climates to fly north each spring to nest, either summering in our neighborhood (Hooded Orioles ...

Usually the earliest warblers to arrive, they appeared on migration in late April this year, often in small flocks, after wintering in the southern U. S. and Mexico. They are very versatile, active ...

Two weeks ago, I told you about the two crowned sparrows: the white-crowned sparrow and the golden-crowned sparrow. They are perhaps our two most notable autumn arrivals when it comes to neighborhood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. taken in spring in my Flower Garden Taken with Nikon 5200 it sits on this peace of wood and sings everyday for a few ...

There are lots of sparrows. Excepting birders, they get little play or press. I was mildly self-disgusted to scroll back through the roster of nearly 400 Dispatch columns I’ve written to date and see ...

The orioles are gone now and as we slip into the mellow days of fall the nectar feeder hanging just outside my office window seems less exciting as only hummingbirds are buzzing about. But movement at ...

I am guilty of a statement concerning a group of birds of our area. The statement is that these small birds are sometimes overlooked or ignored by observers (myself included) searching diligently for ...

To birders, October means most of the colorful, migratory warblers have settled in, or are still heading someplace farther south for winter. Their primary food source, insects, is nearly gone in ...

Today, Brooklyn Bird Watch features a Heather Wolf photo of the White-throated Sparrow seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Wikipedia tells us: “The White-throated Sparrow ranks among the most abundant ...

Think telling sparrows apart is just not worth the effort? Our tips might change your mind. Identify sparrows by habitat, ...