"I'm part bird," John Gerwin chuckled, as he guided a group of volunteers and children through the process of tracking the Purple Martin bird at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh. "I'm part bird ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A finch taking petals from a zinnia flower - Melissa Burovac/Getty A downside that might make you rethink putting a bird feeder in ...

Not every beautiful bird in India is brightly red or brilliantly blue. Some hide in forests, wetlands, and silent valleys ...

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. — The Purple Martin bird has made a return to Western New York. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic ...

Birds rely on their eyesight to locate food, water, shelter, and safe places to nest. They are highly perceptive of color, ...

If you see black and purple birds flitting about your yard this spring, you may be witnessing the return of purple martins to Michigan. Purple martins arrived in Michigan on March 31, sighted in ...

I think there is no better way to start a column about purple finches than to quote Roger Tory Peterson’s description of this bird, he called them “sparrows dipped in raspberry juice.” I saw my first ...

Along Commencement Bay in Tacoma stand small, cedar-clad boxes. These tiny dwellings, hoisted about 16 feet above the ground, ...

Purple martins, known for their glossy plumage, have returned to Michigan after wintering in South America. The first sightings, known as "scout" birds, were reported in mid-March, marking the ...

Thousands of visitors cross the William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge — known locally as Old Manns Harbor Bridge — on their way to Roanoke Island and the Outer Banks every year. But from mid-July through ...

India is home to some of the rarest purple birds that look almost unreal in nature. From the shimmering Purple Sunbird to the ...