Beautiful bird plumage these days matches the color pallet of wildflowers — cardinals as red as Indian paintbrushes, andbluebirds as blue as bluebonnets. It’s not happenstance. Wildflowers attract ...

BRAINERD — For a brief period each spring, colorful songbirds gather. Some are migrating — en route northward — while others are busy staking out nesting territories. The males, of course, are singing ...

From the brightly-colored and ubiquitous ruby-throated hummingbird to the more elusive, mountain-inhabiting calliope hummingbird, there are many of these tiny, fluttering birds that spend spring and ...

Spring is such a happy season with warmer temperatures, bursts of color and overall freshness. After a long winter, it feels good to bring some new life into our homes. A great way to do that is with ...

A red-winged blackbird flies from a perch at Audubon Center at Riverlands March 26, 2024. Red-winged blackbirds are found throughout the Americas, as far north as Pennsylvania and as far south as ...

There are numerous birds that are with us only for the spring and summer months, including the swallows and several warblers that I’ve recently discussed. Today, I’d like to talk about three more ...

They aren’t the flashiest of birds, but they are harbingers of spring in Michigan. Keep your eyes and ears open for red-winged blackbirds, sandhill cranes, Canada geese and turkey vultures. These ...

Mary Caswell (Cassie) Stoddard, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and associated faculty in the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), will present "Inside the Colorful ...