April is known for many happenings. It is the month of warming temperatures that lead to thawing. (With a deep snowpack, this could cause flooding.) But it also is the month when we see many migrant ...

March is a great time of year for people across the United States. The snow begins to melt, temperatures rise, and many birds ...

In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring ...

Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you ...

In the last column, we talked about the wintering song sparrows bursting into song with the earliest glimmer of spring hope.

Days started getting longer on Dec. 23, which means spring was on its way before Christmas. That’s kind of weird, when you think about it. I always pay attention to the birds around that time to see ...

I was out back early this morning, drinking coffee and recording the morning chorus of bird songs with Merlin, the Cornell Lab birding App. There is a feature in Merlin called Sound ID that listens to ...

It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

Being familiar with March in Ohio, I know that winter probably isn't ready to release its icy grip just yet. But at least it's nice to know that spring is just around the corner. SIGHTINGS The Sandy ...