This week’s featured creature is a member of the genus Empidonax, which is a group of flycatcher species that are very similar in appearance to each other. Identifying these birds in the field can be ...

If you've ever wondered if that was an endangered Delmarva fox squirrel that scampered across the lawn, or an Acadian Flycatcher perched overhead, the Chesapeake Bay Trust has a new app. The app is a ...

At Rock Bridge Memorial State Park Thomas Bonnot carefully takes a few steps. He stops, takes a phone out of his pocket, plays the call of the Acadian flycatcher and listens. His gray eyes attentively ...

Perch-site selection is thought to be an important component of foraging success for sit-and-wait avian predators, such as flycatchers. Perch selection has further consequences for territorial ...

COLUMBIA, Mo., (July 23, 2018) - A warmer future may lead to a common Midwestern songbird becoming considerably less common, according to a team of researchers whose study of the population-level ...

From 1993-1995, we located and monitored 601 Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) nests in a large contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest on the White River National Wildlife Refuge, ...

Rising temperatures threaten wild birds, including the Missouri-native Acadian flycatcher, by making snakes more active, according to biologists. They noted that farmers, public health officials and ...

Yes, it’s the catchphrase of a popular pizza franchise. But if you’re deep in an Indiana forest and hear this distinctive refrain, you probably aren’t hearing an order for a 12” pepperoni pie. Rather, ...

Both before and after they leave the nest, baby birds face a host of challenges. A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications examining songbird survival in the nestling and fledgling stages ...

Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society: Among last week’s highlights were individual Wilson’s phalaropes at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in Boston and on Shaws Cove ...

Discussion of how climate change might affect wildlife has largely centered on the effects of change on habitat, but a new study suggests that predicting how climate will affect wildlife demands an ...