Coots are water birds, and they’re no crankier than other flocking birds. So why do they get maligned? Find out.
Gulls thread needles when they fish.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC BIRDS?
Any huge flock of birds, swooshing, meeting itself coming and going, hypnotizes us.
A drab, ordinary-looking … extraordinary bird!
When birds bathe, it’s like splish splashing at the Bates Motel.
The Ovenbird doesn’t look or behave like a warbler, so why do people think that he is one?
Hummingbirds can zip off in every direction at once–because they weigh only as much as a dime and they beat their wings 80 times a SECOND!
Blue Jays buzz around a Mississippi Kite, bedeviling him. Sooner or later the Kite will get a painful peck on the head unless he leaves.
Some bugs and some birds are shoplifters!