Cornell Bird Lab News Today

This is the final installment of Beak of the Week. It has been a semi-regular piece in The Chronicle since May. Among others, Beak of the Week has featured sparrows, backyard feeder birds, …

Males are “brilliant red all over,” the Cornell Bird Lab says, with their signature black face around their orange bill.

To see your favorite birds, learn their favorite feeders and seeds.

Surveying the flocks of migrating birds at Presque Isle, an Erie Bird Observatory hike leader snapped, “They should call the blackpoll warbler the “fat poll warbler.”

A killdeer is neither killer nor deer.   This sandpiper-like bird is similar to deer in at least three ways, though: They’re skittish, have long legs and live their lives on the …

The Chronicle’s Beak of the Week for Saturday, June 24 is the belted kingfisher.   These grayish blue, stocky birds are between the size of a robin and a small crow. They’re …

Decorated eggs are a centuries-old Easter tradition, but nature’s been at it eons longer — no dyes required. Take a look inside the Field Museum’s egg collection.