Beautiful bird plumage these days matches the color pallet of wildflowers — cardinals as red as Indian paintbrushes, andbluebirds as blue as bluebonnets. It’s not happenstance. Wildflowers attract ...

While you’re out scouring the garden for signs of spring, looking for those first crocuses or tulips, you may want to pause to look up. Migratory birds are on the wing right now, and some of the ...

From the marshy "squall" of red-winged blackbirds to the bright white stripe of the bobolink among the tall grass, the return of certain birds from their fall migration back to their breeding habitat ...

The sky above the town of Choteau, Montana, comes alive every spring. Huge flocks of migrating geese, swans and other birds swoop in during their long migration to the Arctic from as far as south as ...

Does early spring mean early migration for birds? Yes − and no. Warm weather and budding trees trigger birdwatchers to go on alert. Excitement grows with flights of snow geese, sandhill cranes, and ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Late March is the perfect time to shake off the winter blues and embrace the outdoors. Mother Nature’s early spring spectacles signal it is time to grab some hiking boots, binoculars, ...