I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

The morning breaks to the sound of a chirp. Or maybe it’s more of a twitter. Perhaps it’s a chirp, chirp, twitter. What’s that? A wren? A sparrow? A grosbeak? You don’t have to be a bird lover to be ...

Birds use their calls to communicate, but some species are exceptionally loud, so much that their chirps, squawks, and calls can surprise or even overwhelm us. From colorful tropical parrots to ...

An ovenbird perches in a tree in the forest along Audubon Loop at Seven Tubs Recreation Area on Monday morning. Courtesy of Liz Baumeister A Louisiana waterthrush stands on a moss-covered rock in the ...