Forty third grade students from Mahan Elementary School, in Norwich, were treated to a bird ecology field trip program at the Audubon Center in Pomfret, on Oct. 25. The program was sponsored by the ...

These lessons were designed to accompany parts three, four, and five of the PBS Life of Birds series. Although this lesson plan was primarily developed for grades 9-12, teachers of elementary or ...

OSKALOOSA — Diane Crookham-Johnson has learned a lot from watching birds these last seven years. She’s learned that no matter how many times a nest is destroyed or its eggs eaten, birds will build ...

I've been out doing chores with the sunrise a few times in the past couple of weeks. I love that time of day. The light is gorgeous. Dew dots the grass. It's cool and calm. There's something soothing ...

After I wrote a column on bird-watching, a friend challenged me to come up with reasons why otherwise rational people should watch birds, feed birds, and spend money on birdseed. “They’ll get along ...

With so much to learn in such a short time, young birds need to zip through finishing school. A young robin, not quite two weeks old, jumps off a branch and settles on the leaf litter below her nest ...