ROGERS --Hummingbirds and swallows might migrate thousands of miles in a year. Other birds stick closer to home. Tiny metal bands on the legs of birds large and small help wildlife professionals track ...

The migratory warblers that fly thousands of miles during migration are looking for places like the maritime forest on Sullivan’s Island as a brief resting place. Biologist Sarah Harper is the ...

Bird-banders-in-training check the mist nets. The sun is still rising when Ron Canterbury gathers a dozen students around him at the University of Cincinnati Center for Field Studies in Harrison.

MISSOULA, Mont. — As I'm approaching my one-year anniversary here in Montana, I'm quickly learning there's a lot to see, a lot to explore. So we went on a field trip with the Five Valleys Audubon ...

John Gerwin, an ornithologist and research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, holds an adult male prairie warbler. The bird models a metal ID band on its leg. On a muggy prairie ...

Birds are an important part of the Lake Tahoe experience. Seeing an eagle soar over Lake Tahoe can be magical and visiting Chickadee Ridge is an annual occasion for many people. While those are ...

Amanda Tokuyama (left), the GIS & Field Data Manager for the Urban Ecology Center, shows the young campers where the band will go on the Gray catbird's leg, while Brittany Peters (right), community ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Bird banding season just wrapped up for the fall on Kiawah Island. It was a record-breaking season with more than 5,700 birds banded. It’s a tedious process for one ...

With warm weather comes migratory birds flying north to feed and raise families during long, sunny days. Controlled burns are done at the preserve to revitalize its ecosystem. The impact is tracked on ...

I have written before about bird banding experiences, including one with saw-whet owls in Uxbridge with Strickland Wheelock. Strickland conducted a field trip from Drumlin Farm in Lincoln last week ...