My favorite part of watching birds in spring isn’t about watching them at all — it’s about listening. Many of the assorted sounds we refer to generally as “calls” are not season specific. Alarm calls ...

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

The joyful sounds of spring bird song fill the air—but do you know who is singing? You can instantly identify birds by sound with the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Its ...

Most people think of spring as the season for listening to birds — with good reason. Spring is when the most birds are singing, performing those nesting season declarations of presence and prowess ...

Natural sounds, and bird song in particular, play a key role in building and maintaining our connection with nature - but a major new study reveals that the sounds of spring are changing, with dawn ...

Spring sees wildlife burst forth in numerous forms. Washington’s coastal waters, alpine forests and sagebrush-covered hills are home to mammals, amphibians, and more than 340 bird species. Nine whale ...

It’s spring, and nature is pulling me away from my computer as I write this. The sun is shining, the world is warming up, and the birds are chirping away. And that got me thinking: What if a ...

We are a month into spring and the bird world is abuzz with activity. Birds are courting, nesting, feeding babies, dressing in their best “get a date” costumes, and migrating to breeding territories ...