A sedge warbler perched on a tall reed, its beak open in mid-song. The warm light enhances the tones of the bird’s feathers and the golden reeds around it. The scene reflects an active moment in a ...

The song of the Savi's Warbler sounds like a strange insect buzzing. These birds live near European lakes, ponds, and rivers, just above the water's surface. During nesting season, males perch on ...

Spring creeps up the mountain. Varying shades of green layer in steps up the sides of these old peaks that stretch along the edge of Virginia and surrounding states. When you look at Sharp Top ...

The mountains, lakes, deep woods and rugged coastlines of Maine's Acadia National Park are home to more than 300 species of birds. Volunteers are now making recordings to document the avian soundscape ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...

In between snowstorms lately, we’ve been able to enjoy the sounds of spring as our feathered friends wing north again for summer. Everyone knows the sound of a Canada goose honking and probably a ...

Learning to recognize every bird song is a daunting task. I still don’t recognize every song or call note I hear. As a beginning birdwatcher I was slow to learn the songs. It was easier to let more ...

In the summers it spends in Europe, the great reed warbler fills every hour of daylight with song. At the edges of reed beds, males sing from the tops of the tallest grasses to attract mates, and ...

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The Kirtland’s warbler, a species that was close to extinction five decades ago, is now thriving and has been removed from the U.S. federal list of endangered species. Where there were fewer than 200 ...

LANSING, MICH. -- A boots-on-the-ground count conducted earlier this year showed that the comeback of the Kirtland’s warbler continues to exceed expectations. The Michigan Department of Natural ...