There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

Chester County woman can lay claim to many such bluebirds as she helps protect and preserve our area’s bluebird population.

A kingfisher is smaller than a starling and both sexes look similar ... The male has an all-dark beak and female has orange-red towards the base of the lower mandible. In flight, kingfishers ...

some fans of William Shakespeare brought about 100 European starlings to the United States. Shakespeare often wrote about starlings, and the group wanted to introduce the birds to America.

From the ballooning air sacs of the male Magnificent Frigatebird to the precise, celestial migration of the European Starling, birds have learned to survive ... For example, male and female Western ...

I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious ... leaden sky—all from the clattering yellow bill of a single European starling. I stood, hose still running, rooted with delight.

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 ...

Starling (Druid / Sturnus vulgaris) Starlings are blackbird-sized (around 20-22cm long and with a wingspan of 40cm). Starlings are found here all year round, typically in farmland, suburban, urban ...

Red-winged blackbirds and European starlings are similar in size and are common birds in Denver. They live and breed here year-round and often flock together in large numbers. A female red-winged ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year ...

Only the male has all-black plumage with a yellow to orange-yellow beak and eyerings, while the female is mostly brown with a brownish beak. Both sexes also have dark irises, legs, and feet. While the ...

whether these responses are influenced by the hormonal status of the bird, and whether they reflect biparental care for offspring in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). An fMRI experiment was ...