Grackles get their name from graculus, the Latin word for jackdaw, a European black bird. The great-tailed grackle is distinguished from its close cousin the common grackle by its larger body, and ...

Most birds that migrate travel at night. Migrating to and through Northern Virginia now, for example, is the ruby-crowned kinglet, a four-inch-long bird that forages actively at all levels.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of birds are making a crucial migration through the Chicago area. We are right in the middle of a peak migration season, and homeowners are being urged to take steps to ...

Spring count continues through May 15 Hawk Mountain’s official spring migration count, which began Tuesday, April 1, will continue through Thursday, May 15. Sanctuary scientists, trainees and… ...

The bar-tailed godwit is another wader to make it on our list of birds that migrate the longest. Like the pectoral sandpiper, it also belongs to the Scolopacidae family, although it is part of a ...

Strong southwest winds on Monday and Tuesday nights prompted high alerts from Birdcast for intense nocturnal bird migration in eastern Massachusetts. Sure enough, we experienced many newly ...

Bird Migration Is Peaking in the U.S.— Here’s How to Watch The spectacle of spring bird migration is in full swing, and you can get in on the action ...

Peak bird migration days will be here soon and bring 500 million birds On a big migration night during the spring, 450 to 500 million fly under cover of the night sky, USA Today reported.

Peak spring bird migration in Mississippi starts in late April for southern counties and continues into mid-May for central and northern areas. BirdCast provides real-time migration maps and ...

Spring bird migration is underway. Here's when and what you can expect to see in NH On peak migration days, as many as 500 million birds could be flying under cover of darkness across America.

Spring bird migration is underway. Here's when and what you can expect to see in RI On peak migration days, as many as 500 million birds could be flying under cover of darkness across America.

Seasonal bird migration is about to ramp up, with hundreds of millions of birds crossing the country on a peak night. Some 1 million birds were in Colorado on Tuesday.