Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer ... Migration: most birds in North America migratory. Major spring movement follows that of the winter ...

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

Villagers can remember the eccentric Bird family arriving at the country house in a fleet of custard yellow Rolls Royces. The Birds used the property in the Welsh hills as a fishing and hunting ...