The hummingbirds are coming, the hummingbirds are coming! It’s that time of year when hummers begin migrating and swarming backyards all across the United States. Now is the perfect opportunity…

If you’ve spent any time in the field around passionate birders, you’ve undoubtedly heard them make a raspy sound that seems like they’re shushing. What the heck are they doing?…

It’s brutal out there. We’re in the dog days of summer and the heat is suffocating. I’ve been going anywhere I can that has air conditioning, so I can only…

  The Droll Yankees Yankee Flipper is easily the most entertaining and effective method for foiling potential seed-stealing, bird-scattering squirrels. Now a staple of backyards everywhere, the Yankee Flipper captured…

In September 2011, three Alpine Swifts took flight from Africa and didn’t reach their destination in the Mediterranean until April 2012. For more than 200 days, the birds journeyed across harsh…