Nature lovers gathered at the Hopelands Gardens guest cottage on Friday morning for a lecture on identifying birds by their sounds. The event, part of an educational series organized by the Friends of ...

Birders love birds; botanists love plants. They both like to identify the “object of their affection.” Birders seem to like common names for birds, although a bird may be identified by genus, species ...

Our garden is filled with birdsong every single day. When we moved into our home over 30 years ago, Bill and I set out to create a landscape that would be appealing to birds because we’re both avid ...

In my yard in Decatur the other morning, an unseen bird in a shrub belted out something that sounded like, “Drink your teeeee!” I knew immediately that it was an Eastern towhee. Then, a loud “cheerily ...

7 is On Your Side Outside the Classroom as schools in our area remain closed. Meteorologist Ryan Miller, who is also a school teacher, is providing a daily lesson for you and your children! It's day 5 ...

The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum is partnering with Mass Audubon for a workshop on birding on Thursday, November 13, at 5:30 PM.

I’ve been living in my house on the hill — above the meadow — for almost 20 years and ever since the day that I moved in I have been feeding the birds. It started small, as these things tend to do, ...

Immediately Merlin waves his magic baton and the app begins to display the singing species one after another. Most species I have already detected through the open window. Others I need to be outside ...