An unusual interaction with a bird is often one way a bird lover is born. For Debbie Barnes- Shankster, it was the black-capped chickadee that alighted on her hand when she was 6 to steal seeds a ...

Winters in the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be long and formidable. Before the snow flies, thousands of birds migrate each fall to escape the cold. Mary Harris, the chair of the Roaring Fork Audubon, ...

Christmas bird counters never know what unusual species they might spy during their December perambulations. One year, it was a Pacific wren. Another, it was an acorn woodpecker. Last year, it was a ...