Plus, life in the tropics, a test for seed freshness and “tin horn” nuthatches heading our way.

Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren't solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...

“Do birds reuse their nests? asks Birds & Blooms reader Liza Peniston of Augusta, Kansas. The short answer is that it depends on the species. Some large birds may use the same nest for years, but most ...

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Two summers ago, a patient looking out his Belgian-hospital window spied in a tree an odd, abandoned magpie nest of plastic and wire. He had, by coincidence, just read a newspaper article about a ...

Nests can be found anywhere birds are found. Here, many of our species are forest nesters appreciative of the leafy camouflage protecting them from predators. They come in all sizes from the large ...

Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct ...