Almost every day, beginning in April, I make time (or an excuse) to get out somewhere in my outdoor realm in Carbon County. Birds are the reason. One family of birds that makes their return here is ...

A trio of couples, part of Virginia Bluebird Society, monitor bluebird boxes weekly in the park around the scenic Culpeper ...

Cavity nesting birds may use a birdhouse for winter shelter, but some birds hide out from the freezing cold in other ways.

With bluebird nesting box cleanup and placement time upon us, I thought I’d discuss them and the other cavity nesting birds. The Eastern Bluebird, and the Western and Mountain bluebirds in fact, are ...

A little one-ounce blue, orange and white bird is a good news environmental story, for a change. Amid what seems like never-ending doom-and-gloom reports about climate change, biodiversity loss, ...

Western Bluebirds are delightful little thrushes with cobalt blue backs and rusty orange chests. Thanks to a group of Tehachapi volunteers, led by the dedicated and tireless Karen Pestana, more than 4 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This nest box was used in bluebird ...

It’s only natural that kids have some level of fascination with nature — don’t we all? What a thrill to see herds of elk in a meadow, a cow and calf moose in a willow wetland, or the bright blue flash ...

Recently I observed a female chipping sparrow with something in it’s beak. It looked like short, fine pieces of tan, dry grass. Another time, the bird was picking bits from a grass weaving I made last ...