Most birds build some sort of nest where the eggs are incubated. In many species, the female does that job, and in many others both females and males participate. But in a few species, it is the male ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...

Keen-eyed Mount Vernonites have recently been watching osprey pairs add sticks to last year’s nests atop light poles at Martin Luther King Park and Walt Whitman Middle School’s ball field. Birds are ...

I was worried about the silence until the birds began to sing. Spring has been slow in coming and it was a concern. I’ve missed the morning assembly call of the quail, followed by the covey of several ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Spring is proceeding apace in this yard, despite my worst fears. For 28 of the 29 years ...

It’s that time of year when our feathered friends follow that age old quest to nest. This results in quite an opportunity for all the birders (aka birdwatchers) out there including yours truly. I was ...

The house wrens that chose our yard for nesting this spring furnished a bungalow. In early July, for their second nest, they pushed and pulled sticks into what has to be considered a mansion. The ...

Q: I didn't know what was going on, but I heard a ruckus outside and found a pair of house wrens harassing a young gray squirrel on my deck. The plucky birds had chased it all the way to the ground ...