I have a friend who has had bird feeders for years and is fairly knowledgeable about most of the birds that visit her feeders. However, the other day I was telling her about the warblers that were ...

A small songbird, less than six inches in length, sang a series of shrill notes as it flitted from branch to branch about 40 feet off the ground in a tall tree. A group of about 20 birders lifted ...

Male Blackburnian warblers are sometimes called "fire throats" because of their striking flame-orange face and throat. Spring migration is in full swing, which means warbler season is upon us! These ...

The spring bird migration is well upon us and actually, it’s about half-way complete. Most of the migrating waterfowl have headed north, as have many shorebirds and raptors. However, the neo-tropic ...

Willow warbler ( Phylloscopus trochilus), one of longest migrating small bird which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic, sighted for the first time in the country at ...

What are warblers? They are members of a particular family of small songbirds, mostly insect-eating and frequently sporting splashes of yellow or other bright colors. Many are summer visitors to North ...

May has lived up to one of its names as “the greening month,” beginning as bare woods and ending fully green. Shrubs and small trees began this change, with larger trees being late. Once foliated, the ...

Increasingly hot and dry summers in Oregon and Washington have started to affect some of our most impressive travelers – the songbirds that migrate thousands of miles to breed here each spring. OSU ...

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The Bachman’s Warbler, was one of 23 species proposed extinct by the Fish and Wildlife Service. This specimen can be viewed in the Simpson bird collection at Audubon. In the Nature Center, we have a ...

My idea of paradise is a place to walk beside a clear rocky stream in a cool mountain forest filled with wildflowers and colorful singing birds. It wouldn't be spring without a pilgrimage devoted to ...