The Dunnock is similar in size to the House Sparrow, though it is a sleeker bird with a fine bill. The plumage is rather drab ...

Yours truly encountered a little brown job on the driveway. He didn’t know quite what it was. LBJs, as they're called, have a way of inflicting uncertainty. They are little brown birds, devoid of ...

Mid-October in the Northland means many trees in the deciduous forests are dropping their leaves after a colorful ending. Out in the swamps, the only deciduous conifers growing here, tamaracks, are ...

When I am asked why the warblers are one of my favorite families of birds, I often tell the questioner I enjoy warblers for the splash of bright colors many of them bring to our local woodlands.

One of Marin’s most famous songbird families is the wrens — perky-tailed little brown birds with loud voices and a lot of personality. Outside of the birding world, many everyday people have not the ...

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