birds

One definition of the word 'lurk' is to lie in wait in a place of concealment. Among those birds that spend time along Louisiana bayous, one species in…

In teaching kids how to fish, one of the first obstacles that must be overcome is what has to be an innate urge to throw rocks and sticks into the water…

While cleaning out wood duck boxes in anticipation of the upcoming nesting season, a biologist of Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge recently found a…

Though mates for life, for much of the year they sleep on opposite sides of our house in the woods. One we call the east wren. This is the male. The west…

Nothing can brighten a gray winter day faster than a splash of crimson cardinals or goldfinches gathered at a window side bird feeder. The popularity of…

The award for the Louisiana bird with the most misleading name should be conferred on the common nighthawk, also known as the bullbat. No part of these…

On Christmas Day 1900, twenty-seven conservationists in New York decided to protest a traditional holiday bird shoot in which teams competed to see who…