Michalski pointed out a unique characteristic of tree swallow nests: the fact that they’re always topped off with a thick layer of white feathers. Tree swallows and bluebirds often compete for ...

White flying bird feather pattern on dark background. Realistic 3d vector illustration of falling dove feathers texture or elegant soft plume backdrop Blue and azure flying bird. Vector traced gentle ...

The upper parts are gold-green, the head inclining to brown; the wings as in the male; the tail feathers reddish-orange at the base, brownish-black toward the end, the tip white. The lower parts are ...

If this is the bird that popped into your head first when you thought about a blue bird, you’d be among the many who might think this is the only blue in the azure sky. The Eastern bluebird is ...

With beautiful back feathers of a brilliant blue, tree swallows are a welcome sight after winter's gloom as they swoop through the air, catching their favorite prey: insects. Their plumage is ...

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a ...

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a standardized ...

LONG MIGRATIONS I think that the feeling is accentuated by the knowledge of the effort that it requires for these birds to arrive in the spring. Aerial hunters that depend heavily on flying insects ...

Males sport a golden-green crest and metallic-blue tail feathers that grow during the breeding season to form a flowing train up to 3 feet (0.9 meter) long.

I knew only a few of the birds that show up regularly in my yard—Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee. Gulls were just “seagulls”; terns were just terns.