Until the 1970s, the Boat-tailed Grackle was considered to be the same species as the Great-tailed Grackle, but the two forms overlap on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana without interbreeding. The ...

Named for its ringing kis-ka-dee calls, this bird seems to break the rules for the flycatcher family. Besides flying out to catch insects in the air, it also grabs lizards from tree trunks, eats many ...

Extensive freshwater marshes are the favored haunts of this large, stout, solitary heron. It is seldom seen as it slips through the reeds, but the odd pumping or booming song of the American Bittern ...

Along quiet streams or shaded riverbanks, a lone Green Heron may flush ahead of the observer, crying 'kyow' as it flies up the creek. This small heron is solitary at most seasons and often somewhat ...

The Pied-billed Grebe is the most widespread grebe in the New World, and the most familiar in most temperate parts of North America. Far less sociable than most grebes, almost never in flocks, ...

Most birders know the Muscovy only from having seen the dumpy domesticated version. Wild Muscovies, native to the American tropics, are wary, fast-flying birds of wooded rivers and swamps. Most ...

This duck of the Southwest and Mexico is a very close relative of the Mallard, and was classified as just a subspecies of Mallard from 1983 to 2020. New research suggests that it is just as distinct ...

If you've confused these two lookalikes before, you're not alone. Here's what the moths have in common with hummers, how they ...

Come enjoy peace and nature on our trails. Greenwich Audubon Center manages seven nature sanctuaries all of which are open to the public. Visitors are welcome to visit 365 days a year from sunrise to ...

White-tailed deer are known to opportunistically eat bird eggs and possibly even chicks—but camera traps in West Virginia ...

The story of a gruesome half-owl, half-person that eats human hearts is so dreaded that few will even talk about it—as I ...

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