Discover birds that lay eggs in other nests, a survival tactic known as nest parasitism. Learn about common brood parasite birds like the cuckoo and cowbird.

Black birds with a greenish sheen and brown heads sometimes visit my yard during spring migration. These are male brown-headed cowbirds, and they often arrive in mixed flocks of red-winged blackbirds ...

Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal ...

Across the suburbs, it’s the time of year when Canada geese start putting down temporary roots in unlikely places. The birds have been spotted setting up nests and laying eggs in parking lots, on ...

Those are the first lines of a song written in 1979 by Bill Staines, once a regular on Garrison Keillor's radio show. The brown-headed cowbird, our resident cowbird, does have a place in the choir, ...

Learn more about the natural world with three incredible bird specimens Douglas G. D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years.

Famed Big Bear Lake bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow made a joint appearance this week at their treetop next alongside ...