Several hummingbirds have already been spotted in southern U.S. states. Here's when to expect them in New York.

Their feathers, roosting behaviors and adaptability help birds survive the cold, “nature’s proving ground.” By Margaret Roach Winter mornings begin at David Sibley’s Deerfield, Mass., ...

Cold weather kept the number of participants down for the “Great Backyard Bird Count” at Three Forks Nature Center on the first day of the two-day event, “Birding Walk – Fitness and Inspiration Trail, ...

Located at 1712 Black Brook Road, the Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve is home to a diverse range of bird species, making it ...

Most will agree that February can have the most challenging winter days. The late Doug Chickering tried to find the qualities of such days, and its birds. He wrote this column some 15 years ago on ...

A case of bird flu was confirmed in a backyard poultry flock in Madison County, the county announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

(MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) While the count is valuable from a conservation standpoint, it’s also fun to see which birds are here each winter, and which exceeded their ten-year ...

Keen observers will learn that some birds like white-breasted nuthatches feed upside down at feeders while others like dark-eyed juncos, winter visitors, and year-round mourning doves snarf up ...

If you’ve ever wondered at a ruby-red cardinal or black-capped chickadee flitting about your frozen yard, you know that winter bird-watching is something to crow about. “Some species that can be ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests ... In a forested area called Monkey Run near the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N.Y., Dr. Rohwer put quail eggs into ...

The National Weather Service in Binghamton issued winter weather advisory Friday morning for the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier counties. The service warned of moderate to heavy lake ...

A strain of Avian Influenza, also known as “bird flu," has circulated through ... in the finger lakes occurred at Reynolds Game Farm in Ithaca back in March, 2023. “While the current public ...