Purple martins are iridescent beautiful birds known for their speed, agility, and insect-eating habits. Not truly purple, ...

The Predator Problem. Perhaps the most heartbreaking aspect of purple martin housing is the way it can concentrate birds into what amounts to an all-you-can-eat buffet for predators.

With bright violet back feathers, this African bird, commonly referred to as the Plum-colored Starling, sparkles. One of the brightest cotingas, this bird from the Amazon is full of colors, purple ...

The longest-living starling on record is 22 years and 11 months, so you can only imagine what a song that bird must have had... Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne , RTÉ lyric fm, February 1st – 16th ...

Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of a bird. One such photograph, for example, was shared on Reddit in 2019 ...

Bird watcher. Hawn, 32, has been a bird watcher since he was 15. Now, he manages a community-monitoring program where volunteers collect data about local purple martins, including their behavior.

I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one author of the mess parked on a powerline above my house. In rapid succession, pitch-perfect ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them.

It’s not just starlings either: Within the same time frame, Europe and North America have lost 550 million and 2.9 billion birds, respectively, due to habitat loss and other human-driven causes.

The starling has emerged as the UK's garden bird champion, taking top spot in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, it was announced today. But the survey found that the number of starlings has ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year ...