Q: I have two questions. First, I read the other day that to encourage birds in your yard, not to use dyed mulch. My concern is that I used dyed mulch in a new part of my vegetable garden and wonder ...

Tania Romero, a graduate student at Cal State L.A. and an avian biologist, checks the feathers of a Townsend's warbler caught in a net at Bear Divide in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Irfan Khan / Los ...

A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how ...

As you travel along, I’m sure you’ve noticed birds on the gravel roadside. Many of them are northern flickers searching for ants to eat. Many others are finding weed seeds that are in the gravel, and ...

Regular bird baths aren't too useful if they freeze during the winter, but birds still need to drink and bathe. You can help ...

The quail are taking dust baths. Getting the dust all over their feathers irritates any visiting parasites, such as feather flies and bird mites (the bird equivalent of fleas). The dust irritates the ...

A dirt road that had bisected Lake Kuyucuk in Turkey’s Kars Province has been turned into an island for birds to breed safely away from livestock, foxes, and humans. Converted from a road into island ...

The San Gabriel Mountains loom like an impregnable fortress for millions of migrating birds making their long and perilous journey to distant breeding grounds in the far north. But scientists recently ...