All the season’s colors made the gray mockingbird seem so majestic,” says Birds & Blooms reader Sujata Roy. In addition to ...

On peak migration days, as many as 500 million birds could be flying under cover of darkness across America. Elizabeth Weise. ... Also the red-winged blackbird and the common grackle.

Wednesday night is a Lights Out “red alert” night, with 3.6 million birds expected to be flying through the Oregon skies, according to Colorado State University’s AeroEco Lab.

Shakespeare even referred to this habit in 'The Winter's Tale' when he wrote: 'When the kite builds, look to lesser linen'. The red kite is a large bird of prey with angled, red wings that are ...

The heaviest flying bird, at between 11 and 19 kilograms (24-42 pounds), is the kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), native to southern and eastern Africa.. The wandering albatross, with an average ...

Today, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects most wild birds, including birds of prey like the red kite, making it illegal to kill, injure, or take them.