This week I've been hearing bird noises. Not bird songs. Not bird calls. Bird noises. Birds make noise in a variety of ways. Certainly, singing is one of these, and spring is the season to appreciate ...

The sun was shining Saturday morning, for the first time in several days. When I stepped outside, I heard tundra swans and common snipe. These are two of the signature sounds of spring on the northern ...

Here at Magpie Ridge west of Gilby, N.D., where I watch most of my birds and where no magpie has been seen for many months: Here the bird of the week is Wilson's snipe. This would not be the case for ...

My first memory of snipe was from Girl Scout camp. There was this myth (or threat) of going on a snipe hunt. The Urban Dictionary describes a snipe hunt as “A North-American prank and rite of passage ...

For more than 170 years, people have been duped into “snipe hunting.” A rite of passage for campers and scouts, the mark is led into darkened woods and instructed to remain motionless while holding an ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. At last tiny ruby-crowned kinglets fill area forests with their powerful songs, confirming the ...

• Beavers begin to mate inside their cozy dens. Coyotes also breed, and black bear cubs are born inside their mother’s hidernaculum. • Great horned owls may begin incubating eggs in recycled crow and ...

Here the bird of the week is Wilson's snipe. This would not be the case for many readers. The snipe is not uncommon, but it is site specific, place bound or habitat dependent. You choose the term.