In 1953, famed naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, who originated the field guide series bearing his name, took his British colleague, James Fisher, on a 30,000-mile tour of North America. They recounted ...

A tip of the hat to John Westlake for alerting me to the recent publication of the 51 st Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union checklist, essential reading for any active or recovering ...

The suburbs are no love nest, at least not for two of the region’s most beloved songsters, the Pacific wren and Swainson’s thrush. Instead, when their forest homes are cleared for development, these ...

The little brown bird that we have long called the winter wren nests in forests across northern North America and Eurasia (plus a bit in North Africa). Because it is the only wren on the other side of ...

On Canada’s west coast, the most common year-round resident bird in the forest, the Pacific wren, might owe salmon a thank you for its ecological success. Earlier this year, Marlene Wagner at Simon ...