Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you ...

March is a great time of year for people across the United States. The snow begins to melt, temperatures rise, and many birds ...

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In the last column, we talked about the wintering song sparrows bursting into song with the earliest glimmer of spring hope.

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

From sandhill cranes over the Rio Grande to canyon frogs in Havasu, explore the wild sounds that signal spring across the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

When Is Spring for the Birds? We may celebrate the first day of spring on March, but spring varies for birds. It depending on ...