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

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 ...

Purple martins, famously finicky, scorn handsome nest boxes mounted by well-intentioned folks, leaving the fancy abodes to starlings and sparrows.

"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.

NASHVILLE — At first they circle high in the evening sky. But as night descends, they, too, begin to descend, bird by bird, one at a time, and then all in a rush: 150,000 purple martins swirling ...

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.

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 ...