These birds have distinct red faces and black crescent on their ... waiting on the tops of fences and shrubs to pounce on flying insects as they pass by. It's a bird you will want in your yard ...

Also the red-winged blackbird and the common ... BirdCast has live, local bird migration alerts so you can see who's flying through your area at any time. Numbers are especially high right now ...

The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million in the mid-1970s. Populations are stable.

Signs of the coming of spring are appearing everywhere. So far, I’ve seen robins, red-winged blackbirds, killdeers, herring gulls, grackles, great-blue herons, geese, chipmunks, geese and others.