Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Peter Krumhardt After the winter, it's always a joy to see songbirds return to our yards for the spring nesting season.

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Colorado is one of the more rewarding states in the country for backyard birding. Depending on the time of year, there are ...

The celebrated author wrote a bestseller on birding. This is how she got started. Writer Amy Tan scours her yard in Sausalito, California for birds. Her recently published book, The Backyard Bird ...

As warmer weather arrives, backyard birdwatchers are gearing up to welcome hummingbirds and other songbirds to their gardens. But with so many different kinds of birds and a variety of seeds and feeds ...

True to the scientific method, the Great Backyard Bird Count started out of curiosity. Researchers at the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology had an observation and a question.

What’s the best way to learn your local birds? One of the most common methods has traditionally been to get a book. A good field guide to birds will contain illustrations or photos along with helpful ...