Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

Spring is in full swing. Birds are nesting and singing on their territories, and the landscape is transforming into a vibrant ...

Males are jet black with long curved tail feathers. They have a slim white stripe in the wing and white feathers under the tail. Females are cryptically camouflaged with finely barred brown and black ...

These large birds are striking with their dark black feathers. Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) look like regular blackbirds, but their shoulder feathers help with identification. The males ...

This is the time of year when the song of the Red-winged Blackbird is heard nearly everywhere that has some standing water ...

In summer the Black Guillemot is all black, save for prominent white wing patches. In winter the plumage becomes almost white below with upperparts barred black-and-white. It is one of our smaller ...

You’ve probably seen lots of activity in your backyard if you live near Lake Erie. We hear red-winged blackbirds and have spotted yellow goldfinch, mixed in with the cardinals, blue jays, robins and ...

Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching population numbers.

This victory was twelve years in the making, starting with the first lead ammo ban in condor habitat in 2007 ... Threatened Tricolored Blackbirds had a phenomenal breeding season in the spring. With ...

This past season was the first time in 28 years that longtime Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland was not in charge of an NHL team, and he didn’t like it. That’s why Holland will ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X This striking red-winged blackbird, filled with joy, proudly displayed his vibrant shoulder ...

Red-winged blackbirds landed on tall grasses in a pond in the Far West Detroit neighborhood on Thursday as rain lightly fell. This body of water isn't just a pond. It's a new $40 million bio ...