Birding

Birding is a popular hobby, both for the occasional and regular bird watcher. Many bird enthusiasts soon become experts at wild bird identification through color, size and song. However, there are...

The Townsend's Solitaire is a medium-sized songbird that lives primarily in the mountains of western North America. This bird has some unusual behaviors you can use to help identify one in the wild.

The Verdin, a small songbird of the North American southwest, is the only member of the Ramizidae family that lives in North America. With its brightly colored face and very vocal tendencies,...

To identify a raptor in flight, you must put pieces of a puzzle together. The pieces are a combination of its flight habit, size, location, call and field markings. The more pieces you have, the...

Seeing a Bald Eagle is an exciting experience, although many people never catch a glimpse of this bird in the wild. The Bald Eagle is a national symbol of the United States of America, and you'll...

Red-winged Blackbirds are one of the most common and abundant birds in North America. The males have a distinctive appearance, especially during flight. Read on to learn how to identify Red-winged...