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Get the keys to ID a Townsend's solitaire, a solitary, cheery-singing thrush bird with a sweet tooth for juniper berries.

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For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, car alarms, and even ringtone melodies. But what happens when you challenge ...

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A family found a rare corn crake hiding out in a hot tub on a cruise ship and cared for the bird until they could get it to a ...

In the fall, when leaves are changing colors and cooler weather moves in, if you look up, you will see lots of activity in ...