From casual bird buddies to ornithology obsessives, you can now trek to far flung corners of the globe and identify any feathered friend you find – as long as you have a smartphone. The hugely popular ...

So you think you’ve sighted a rare bird. The color pattern is so unusual. You consult multiple field guides before discovering that the sighting is actually a common bird, though an immature one that ...

If you want to test your bird identification skills, there are plenty of confusing little brown birds at Cherokee Farm on the University of Tennessee campus just south of the Alcoa Highway’s Buck ...

Bird tails tell tales that help us clinch a bird’s identification. The tail’s shape and hues, as well as the way the bird holds its tail, are identifying characteristics. A bird's tail consists of a ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...