Environmental activism begins locally at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden as it plans to host its first purple martin conservation ...

BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. - A rare and welcome sight has taken wing in Bethlehem Township. A thriving colony of Purple Martins now calls St. Luke's Anderson Campus home. These birds are the largest of the ...

Although it's a much-anticipated event for many Mississippians, how much do they know about these birds? Erik Johnson, director of conservation science for Audubon Delta said there are some ...

SPRINGFIELD — Since 1912, The Allen Bird Club in Springfield has been starting its meetings with excited members telling the group about rare sightings of special birds — the veery, scarlet tanager or ...

It’s not like anyone was pulling out a ruler and measuring the distance between bird droppings, but if College Station recreation supervisor Laurie Brown were to guess, she’d say they were an inch ...

As I crested a hill into the aspen-dotted meadows of the Pecos Wilderness, a flock of indigo-colored swallows filled the sky with rolling chirps. Seeing these purple martins felt like a brush with old ...

Wonder why your neighbor is hanging gourds up? Or why there appears to be an undulating donut on the weather radar? The answer to both is the purple martin. The largest swallow in North America, male ...

A hawk or an eagle had been circling overhead earlier, so Tom Fiorini wasn’t sure the purple martins would be hanging around Thursday morning as he led a couple of visitors to the birds’ new dwelling ...

For decades, Austinites have flocked to the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, drawn by the insistent pull of a predictable spectacle: the nightly emergence of bats. Now, a new, equally ...

PITTSBURGH — One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above the fields and their condos at Harrison Hills Park. Nesting in ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s largest swallows, they are integral to the ecosystem, consuming thousands of ...

Photo courtesy of Shawn Wyble The welcoming sign at the entrance to the Millers' farm. Photo courtesy of Shawn Wyble Now that's what I call a bird-friendly neighborhood! Mr. Miller's farm boasts over ...