ON the evening of July 19 a young thrush was caught in my conservatory and placed in a large outside aviary. The following morning I observed the parent birds feeding the young one through the bars ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In 1868, the naturalist Charles Darwin wrote that differences in plumage coloration between male and female birds of the same species were likely the result of sexual selection: ...

Watching a juvenile robin perching upright on our back deck recently was a special moment. Young robins have historically symbolized the renewal of life and new beginnings. The youngster had a pallid ...

My previous article entitled “Summer Birdsong” ended prematurely without naming the featured bird-concert soloist. Fortunately for you readers, I survived the oversight long enough to pen this “reveal ...

What Does a Swainson’s Thrush Look Like? “What is this bird?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Mark Rice of Dallas, Texas. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “The compact shape, brown back, ...

Michael Sanchez's photos of what appears to be a rare blue rock thrush recently has made him the envy of the birding world. It's the kind of discovery most avid birders wait their whole lives to find: ...

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Wood thrush are notorious songsters, with a melodious, flutelike call that is characteristic of eastern hardwood forests. But like many birds, their populations are in decline. Almost 3 billion birds ...

The veery thrush will time its migrations months in advance to avoid dangerous storms in the Atlantic Ocean. How are these birds so attuned to the climate? Christopher Heckscher, a professor and ...

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