American Bitterns are more often heard than seen. They live in the cattails and bulrushes of fresh and saltwater marshes. They move in what has been called an agonizingly slow beat…

In spring American Goldfinch definitely deserve their nickname: wild canary. The male is bright lemon yellow with a black cap, wings, and tail. Females are olive-yellow with dusky wings…

At nine inches the American Kestrel is our smallest falcon. It has been also called a sparrow hawk. This common year-round resident can be seen hovering over fields or perched on telephone poles along roadways…

In some Native American cultures, the hummingbird represents joy. On cold winter mornings, hearing this 4.5 inch bird that weighs less than 4.5 grams, singing its heart out in iridescent pink…