They're ba-ack − to raise their young! Beachgoers should be prepared to share the shoreline with birds that are laying their eggs in the sand. In Florida, the Bay County Audubon Society is urging ...

Nests are generally thought of as a bird’s home, but it is more appropriate to consider them a nursery for raising baby birds. S.K. Winnicki, a Ph.D. candidate in avian evolutionary ecology at the ...

First determine if the baby bird is a nestling or fledgling. The arrival of spring brings many changes to our natural surroundings. Flowers bloom, barren trees fill with leaves, and occasionally, baby ...

As you begin to see nests full of baby chicks and fledgling birds hopping around in your backyard, you may wonder: how do birds mate? The answer is actually different from what we’ve come to expect as ...

Four years ago, I built a bluebird house and put it on a short pole beside my garden. The first year, nothing used it. The second year, a pair of prothonotary warblers tried unsuccessfully to raise ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Today’s Good Question is: Why is bird flu raising the price of eggs but not chicken? The simplest answer is that the chickens we eat don’t live as long. The birds that are ...

The animal kingdom mirrors our own in many ways, like how animals care for their young. Just as humans hire babysitters or rely on grandparents and friends to watch their kids, animals also care for ...