Black birds. Good or bad? Depending on which black bird species, your answer could be yes or no … or something in between. First of all, we have to get the nomenclature straightened out so we can make ...

Winter starlings are black with white spots, but spring starlings can be brilliantly iridescent. Photo by Jeff Tome You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, ...

Noisy. Drab. Pest. These are common reactions when I mention the starling. That is totally understandable. They are indeed loud, nonnative, and commonplace. But they have one amazing super power.

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

Although the Northern Mockingbird seems to have the most recognized reputation as a sound mimic among the songbirds, there are other songbirds (not parrots) with more expansive repertoires and several ...

Common starlings are beautiful birds, jet-black feathers with white tips and small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. When flying together, they become something even more mesmerizing — an ...

We asked our friends at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville to spotlight something fascinating about our state. Here, Bard meets bird. How did the European starling make it to ...

Week 3 of the baby Eastern Bluebirds, and the four siblings are growing like crazy! Did you notice the signature “angry face” of the nestling that looks directly at the camera? It can’t help but make ...