In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs ...

DEAR PET TALK: I don’t have pets but keep active birdfeeders, so all the birds are my “pets in the wild.” I have always wondered: Why do robins lay blue eggs? BIRD LOVER DEAR BIRD LOVER: I concur with ...

Spring at last is right around the corner. We’ve been having a rare mild and snowless winter, and February school vacation week brings early signs of spring in the woods, such as pussy willow and ...

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Outside my dining room window a robin is building a nest. Every morning, I stand in silence, watching in awe as nature takes its course. She flies in and out of the leafless dogwood tree with bits of ...

I'm more than willing to help you, especially after you said such nice things about me. Even though lots of people have said my writing is "astute" (and by "lots," I mean you are the first one), I ...

Despite the recent chilly weather, most of our local birds have laid their eggs. Many of those eggs have hatched and young birds are getting their feathers and venturing out of their nests. It is both ...

Dear Pet Talk: I don’t have pets but keep active birdfeeders, so all the birds are my “pets in the wild.” Why do robins lay blue eggs? — Bird Lover Dear Bird Lover: I concur with you about wild birds ...