Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of the skills of the club-winged manakin! These birds make music with their wings by vibrating ...

Walking through Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. on a recent May morning, the air was filled with a chorus of bird songs. Identifying the many voices in the chorus was the goal of a group of ...

Meet the long-tailed manakin. A species of bird where the males are pretty, but the females hold all the cards. The long-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis) is known as the saltarín toledo in ...

For Captain Ahab, it was a white whale. For Quint from "Jaws," it was a great white shark. For Bonner Black, it was a roseate spoonbill, a wading bird with bright pink plumage and a long beak that ...

Alli Smith, of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, offers beginner tips for exploring the wide world of birds. By Camille Baker As part of the New York Times birding project, The Times has a series of ...

On the first Wednesday of each month, a group of bird enthusiasts gather at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville, eager to see the migration of songbirds and shorebirds. For Tim Hardin, a seasoned ...