A finch taking petals from a zinnia flower - Melissa Burovac/Getty A downside that might make you rethink putting a bird feeder in your yard is the absolute mess they can create. While you might enjoy ...

"I'm part bird," John Gerwin chuckled, as he guided a group of volunteers and children through the process of tracking the Purple Martin bird at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh. "I'm part bird ...

If you want to create a haven for bright and colorful birds to roam your yard, you may want to start incorporating bright purple flowers to draw them in further. Unlike humans, birds have four color ...

In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in Tennessee. The birds were seen on Feb. 12 in Halls, Tn., by a Purple Martin enthusiast – one of ...

Every year, North America's largest swallows, purple martins, gather in thousands to roost together near Austin before beginning their migration. Sara Diggins is a visual journalist at the Austin ...

More than 100,000 purple martins roosted at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in 2020 and 2021. Nashville tried everything from bird calls to falcons to convince the martins to choose another roost.

Robin Donaldson would not call herself a “birder” in the classic sense of someone who observes and identifies wild birds in their habitats. But last spring, the Ashland industrial engineer flew to ...

Erie, PA — In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first Purple Martins of the year have been spotted in South Carolina. The birds were seen on February 7 in the town of Hanahan by a Purple ...