Here in the MidAtlantic region, ruby-throated hummingbirds are just starting to show up, returning from their wintering grounds in Central America and Mexico to breed across much of eastern North … Read more
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Vote for the “Face of Garden for Wildlife Month”
Here’s your chance to weigh in on this year’s face of Garden for Wildlife Month. Read more
10 Amazing Slow-Motion Animal Videos
Wildlife sightings are often fleeting, leaving you wishing for more. If only there was a way to slow down time, to fully take in the majesty of the moment. Thank … Read more
A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard Bird Feeding
What kind of bird feeder should you get? Where should you put it? What seeds should you provide? Read more
Bird of the Week: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
If you live anywhere within the eastern or midwestern part of the country, you already may have spotted your first ruby-throated hummingbird of the season—or maybe not. These tiny jewels … Read more
Valentine’s Day: Some Animals Really Have Heart
Valentine’s Day is the traditional holiday for giving away hearts. But how does a healthy human heart—a hollow ball of muscle about the size of a clenched fist that beats … Read more
Bird of the Week: Rufous Hummingbird
About a week before Thanksgiving, fellow science writer Rick Borchelt spotted a “way out of season and way out of range” rufous hummingbird feasting at his backyard sugar-water feeder … Read more
“Tweet” This: Start a Bird Journal
Children’s author Mary Quattlebaum inspires kids to keep tabs on the neighborhood flocks Read more
