In early October, the white-throated sparrows returned to your yard from breeding areas in New England and across the Canadian provinces. Their favorite food is white millet, which is cast to the ...

Songbird fledglings are flitting about, marking the time of year I commonly hear the question “what are those little brown birds in my yard?” Truth of the matter is, I don’t know, at least not without ...

Mid-October in the Northland means many trees in the deciduous forests are dropping their leaves after a colorful ending. Out in the swamps, the only deciduous conifers growing here, tamaracks, are ...

It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

Wrens are little brown birds that can easily be distinguished from most other birds by observing their high energy, upright tail, loud chatter and bold behavior. House wrens are spunky little birds ...

One of Marin’s most famous songbird families is the wrens — perky-tailed little brown birds with loud voices and a lot of personality. Outside of the birding world, many everyday people have not the ...

Yours truly encountered a little brown job on the driveway. He didn’t know quite what it was. LBJs, as they're called, have a way of inflicting uncertainty. They are little brown birds, devoid of ...

I may have mentioned this before, but a dear friend of mine once told me that there were only three types of birds: if it soars, it’s a hawk; if it swims, it’s a duck, and everything else are just ...

Forty-six species of tinamous inhabit the Americas with five calling Costa Rica home. Today we discuss the little tinamou, a secretive little bird that you’re more likely to hear than see. Little ...