Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South ...

The Painted Bunting of Brooklyn—the borough's celebrity bird—has yet to head south and remains a resident of Prospect Park, probably because it's still summer. But as we all know, with fame comes ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Christmas has come early for bird enthusiasts in Brooklyn. A beautiful male "Painted Bunting" was first spotted in Prospect Park on Sunday. Since then, it's been attracting ...

Jul. 22—A regular happening with songbirds in spring is that they will live up to their names and sing when arriving back from migration. Most of these migrants that nest in the Northland come back ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- This week's bird will be the Indigo Bunting. This is a very popular and charismatic bird, and this is a great time of year to see them anywhere in the state. The Indigo ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A rare bird was spotted in Ohio, being documented in the Buckeye State for potentially the very first time. The Ohio Division of Wildlife shared photos on social media of a lazuli ...

The lark bunting was designated the state bird of Colorado in 1931. Why was this bird chosen to be the Colorado state bird? The answer I found was that the lark bunting was chosen because their ...

No matter how long you’ve been at it, birdwatching always presents new firsts. Wait, I used that sentence to start my column last month. Oh well, another birding first happened recently so I’m going ...

The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime soon — thanks to wasps. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ...