Have you been hearing new birds? Spring and summer are the main seasons for singing birds, but the relative quiet of autumn can make certain sounds stand out as new migrants arrive. In the ...

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

While birding brushy thickets in Yakima from fall through early spring you may see a large sparrow that doesn’t seem to have any standout field marks. If your bird has a small splotch of golden on its ...

For a century, they were gone. But California condors are making a comeback in these parts of the Bay Area ‘We’re at capacity’: Sonoma bird rescues still overwhelmed with rooster crisis South Bay ...

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Bruce Lyon initially began the sparrow observations as a lab course. Over the last twenty years, the program has involved nearly 100 UC Santa Cruz ...

The white-crowned sparrows have arrived, right on time. These long-distance migrants are prompt with a reputation for their punctuality. Instead of dribbling in, they tend to migrate as a flock, ...

Brownish back streaked with dark brown; breast, sides, and flanks grayish brown. Bill dusky above, pale below. Adult: yellow patch tops black crown; less distinct in winter. Immature: less-distinct ...

Losing long-lasting flockmates may drive a golden-crowned sparrow to stray from its favorite overwintering spot, a new study says, suggesting that friendly, familiar faces help anchor it to familiar ...

The Golden-Crowned Sparrow, one of the 53 species of birds tested in the UC Berkeley study and a common sight in suburban areas, was revealed to be an important host of the Lyme Disease-causing ...