As the sun rises, a male bluebird begins singing atop a perch next to our living room window overlooking the backyard. He cocks his head at the window pane, then looks back toward a small tray ...

Eastern bluebirds are voracious insect feeders, especially during nesting and rearing periods. Their primary diet includes flies, katydids, beetles, worms and spiders. Last Thursday was one of those ...

The chirping or singing of birds isn't just a pleasant sound; it has much spiritual significance across cultures and throughout history. Birds usually sing to defend their territory or attract mates, ...

(CORNELL) — It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question, “What was that bird?” Schoharie County Eagle Trail is a ...

A pair of eastern bluebirds. Source: Claudine Lamothe, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. Birdsong is often thought of as a male trait, but new research is changing that idea.