Step outside on a spring morning and the first notes often drift through the air well before the sky brightens. Some birds launch into song while the world still feels half asleep, their voices ...

I swing open the doors of the sleeping porch. All 11 of them. I see a streak of pink in the east as the sun begins to rise. But it’s not the sunrise that has made me leap out of bed at 5:15 a.m. I ...

Early one morning, as I waited for my dog Stella to do her business, I took out my cell phone and connected to a special app. It’s called Merlin. The free app, Merlin Bird ID, offers quick ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

Every morning, the same thing happens. The world is still wrapped in half-darkness when the first chirps begin. Then another bird joins in, and another. Soon, there’s an entire orchestra tuning up ...

Each spring, birds across America are in full voice. Cardinals chatter, sparrows sing and warblers warble. Birdsong lifts the human spirit – “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” after all. Yet birds ...

At that magical time before the sun fully rises, all the birds are singing their little hearts out in unison. It's hard to imagine a Georgia spring without a singing mockingbird, whose superb mimicry ...

It’s once again time for the Masters, and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to investigate the mystery of Augusta National Golf Club’s bird song controversy. Not familiar with this case of ...

Bird Singing is a cultural tradition celebrated by Southwest tribes, and is a common feature at social gatherings. The songs serve as an oral history, telling of journeys, life lessons, and migration ...

While there are plenty of weird birds to be found in the natural world, this avian selection is particularly extraordinary. From the only bird that hibernates, to the bird that can kick a human to ...

Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in "song neighborhoods" made of two to six males who mimic the songs of each other.© Dee Carpenter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in “song neighborhoods” made of two to ...