Detecting Departures

The northward migration now well underway is more than species arriving from the south.

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Drumbeat of Nature

Birds singing in the morning are described as the dawn chorus because their singing is louder and more frequent in the early morning.

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March Madness

You thought that March Madness was a college basketball tournament?

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Pecking Order

So you think birds get along together at your feeders? Not so fast.

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Hints of Spring
Robert A. Culbert

The northward migration of birds has begun.

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Spring on the Wing
Robert A. Culbert

Wow, on Tuesday thunderstorms are forecast with temperatures climbing into the 50.

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Beginning Birdsong
Robert A. Culbert

As I write this we are heading into a week where the temperatures will mostly be below freezing.

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Silver Linings
Luanne Johnson

As I write this week’s Bird News, I just heard that Phil, our groundhog friend in Pennsylvania, predicted another six weeks of winter.

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Beginning Birdsong

It is winter time and, no surprise, the weather is cold. This is not the time of year to expect to hear birds singing. But I have been hearing Carolina wrens singing just about every day this month. Not only their staccato chattering alarm call, but their boisterous, loud, whistled and usually three-syllabled song that is repeated over and over again. The song sounds something like “teakettle” or “committee.”

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Seaduck Scarcity
Robert A. Culbert

Common eiders used to be plentiful in Vineyard waters.

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