As a major winter storm blankets New England, Bill Danielson reflects on how birds endure brutal cold, deep snow and dark ...

They called it “Snowmageddon” on TV. The first big storm of the winter of 2025-2026 and, from a certain point of view, it was a big one. Western Massachusetts received a deep coat of fresh snow and it ...

Think you’ve seen every bird in Texas? Not this one. A new blue-and-green jay hybrid is turning heads after weather-driven habitat shifts brought two species together in the same patch of sky. "We ...

Researchers have found a new "grue jay" bird in South Texas, a hybrid between blue and gray jay birds that is likely the result of shifting weather patterns and climate change. Here's a fun question.

Nature gives us one incredible surprise after another. If you're a bird lover and have been admiring bluebirds, jays, or barn swallows, you're not seeing a blue bird; it s actually brown. Here's how ...

It’s that time of year: the Christmas Bird Count, when birders go out in flocks to record all the birds they see in a single day. The data collected during this annual tradition gets compiled by the ...

One of my daily chores is to make sure the wild birds have adequate food. Some days it takes an extreme effort to shovel all ...

Here's a fun question. What do you call the offspring when a blue jay and a green jay mate? Well, in Texas, when one such bird was discovered, the name that the public has decided on is grue jay. But ...