Then, on March 1, I awake to the sound of red-winged blackbirds, twee-ing and twee-ing as they greet the dawn. Yes! Red-wings are true harbingers of spring. In years past, we’ve had them arrive as ...

Blackbirds go to bed earlier when they get sick, much like people do. While humans can usually weather minor ailments with a few days of bed rest, we know little about how non-lethal illnesses ...

MCGUIRE: Red-winged blackbirds are a sure sign spring is coming, or at least they used to be. HITCHCOCK: It was always, you know, kind of the first week of March red-wing blackbirds would come back.

As summer begins the local birds are busy: brooding, breeding and taking care of noisily-begging babies. One morning as Danny steps onto the porch, the first brood of our front-door phoebes flies ...