Have you ever heard the old expression that “He, or She, has a bird nest on the ground?” The meaning of the expression is usually interpreted as someone has discovered something that brings them high ...

NEW YORK —The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has several tips to help ground-nesting birds during the mowing season. While grasses are getting greener and flowers are blooming ...

Breeding waders nest in a variety of habitats including wet grassland, cultivated land, wet upland heath, bogs, fens and clearings within reed beds and coastal saltmarsh. Their numbers have sharply ...

At the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Jasper County the other day, I nearly stumbled upon a killdeer plopped down on a swath of bare, gravel-covered ground. I quickly realized that the bird was ...

While visiting my brother in northern Michigan, we spent time walking on the rocky shores of Lake Huron. As we passed one of the vehicle parking areas, I noticed a killdeer sitting on the rocks. I ...

Area birds are preparing for the nesting season. Bluebirds are among the earliest nesters in Northern New Mexico. There are a dizzying number of housing requirements that bluebirds need to be happy ...

Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks workers are building a new 1.5-mile-long trail on Gunbarrel Hill – in large part to protect vesper sparrows and other ground-nesting songbirds. The new Vesper ...