On June 27, 1833, legendary frontier ornithologist John James Audubon was deep in the wilds of Labrador. He and his party were seeking new birds in this poorly known region of northeastern Canada.

The kinglets are tiny birds, hard to see, hard to hear and hard to identify. There are two species, both of them fairly common in our area-but only during migration. Both nest farther to the north in ...

This week’s featured creature, the ruby-crowned kinglet, is a tiny bird with a big attitude. It is a common winter visitor to the Ada area, but it will be abundant during March and April as it ...

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Are Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets Related? Summer residents of boreal and temperate montane forests, the ruby-crowned kinglet and golden-crowned kinglet share many similarities in behavior ...

So I’m sitting in the yard with my back to the November sun. There are white-throated sparrows at the bird feeder and a few juncos feeding on the ground. A few small insects are flying about. I notice ...

From my kitchen window in Decatur the other morning, I watched with delight as a tiny, energetic little songbird flitted among the boughs of a holly tree, occasionally hovering to peck something from ...

The golden-crowned kinglet is not really a common bird here, but nor is it a rare one. The Game and Fish Department’s checklist of North Dakota birds calls it “fairly common.” That is accurate, I ...