Also commonly referred to as heat distress, heatstroke is a serious condition that can affect many pets, including birds. Many birds are native to tropical environments, but if they aren't used to ...

A few years ago, I stopped being afraid of birds and realized that, actually, I really liked them. It just clicked one day. It’s cool that there are so many that I can see relatively close to my house ...

Two white-winged doves stood side by side belly-deep in our birdbath under the shade of a sweetgum tree on a brutally hot afternoon with ne’re the hint of a breeze. Doves were suffering, as do all ...

On a riff from a Noel Coward song, only mad dogs and golfers go out in the midday sun. As a birdwatcher, I go out at daybreak when temperatures are at least sufferable. But how do birds covered in ...

Last Sunday was the Newburyport Christmas Bird Count. Teams of birders scoured the woods, fields, backyards, thickets, marshes, rivers and ocean from Ipswich to Salisbury counting every bird that they ...