A small fallout of warblers appeared in trees near Lutsen, Minn., on the North Shore one day in mid-May. A fallout is a rest and refueling stop for migrants. For birders it's often a chance to see ...

Roger Tory Peterson died 12 years ago but a brand new "Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America" has just been published. It is a superb book and Peterson himself would have been pleased. As ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...