LATE MAY IS the best time of the year to get acquainted with some of America's best songsters — our thrushes, which are some of the more difficult migrants to catch passing through the Garden State.

She’s one of the world’s most successful artists, atop the pop charts and hailed at the Grammys, where she will be performing Monday. Now British songstress Adele is being heard even in the Himalayas, ...

Learn what a veery bird looks like and where you can find one. Also find out what this thrush's song sounds like and what the bird eats.

Wood thrushes are disappearing from eastern forests. The birds fly to Central America each fall and return in the spring. To understand why their numbers are dropping, scientists attached tiny GPS ...

A guided walk through North Yorkshire woodland throws up some thrilling surprises by honing in on sound over sight At the outset, Richard Baines says: “You don’t need binoculars.” This is not what I ...

Their songs brighten up spring mornings, but all those joyful sounds mean serious business in the avian world. Spring weather has finally arrived, ushering in a sensory feast of nature's sights, ...

If you ask Georgia birders what bird has the sweetest song during spring and summer, their answer most likely will be the wood thrush. Some even believe the wood thrush’s song is the most beautiful ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

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