If you’ve made the drive either direction between Frisco and Breckenridge in the last week, you’ve seen scores of people out on the south end of Dillon Reservoir attempting to catch a glimpse of ...

There have been several recent sightings near the coast of the rare buff-breasted sandpiper, which is migrating from the Arctic to South America.Found primarily during migration season in the states, ...

I’ve recently moved to Cape Cod and have been faithfully reading your weekly column. While I’ve enjoyed learning about hummingbirds and bluebirds, I would really like to know more about the beach ...

Diminutive bird breeds in Alaska and Arctic Canada and sightings in Britain are rare enough to attract a crowd If you’d asked me which rare bird I might see in Somerset in early January, the least ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...

What Does a Solitary Sandpiper Look Like? Look for this brown-and-white sandpiper during migration. The solitary sandpiper is identifiable by its spotted brown back and wings, as well as its white ...

Geese overhead. Juncos underfoot. Blackbirds galore. Robins by the roadside. Tree sparrows in the ditch. A kestrel on the power line. A meadowlark on a pole. Wasn’t it a week for birds! The list is ...

Here in Upstate New York a friend of mine has created several man-made ponds on his property. These ponds attract a large assortment of birds and other wildlife. The identity of one of these birds has ...

WITH the next stage in the £100m Southsea sea defence project set to begin the welfare of ‘remarkable’ wading birds – the purple sandpiper – should be of concern to us, writes Dr Philip Crispin of ...