Quaker parrots, also known as monk parakeets, are highly intelligent birds and, fun fact, the only ones out there that build ...

Benji the Quaker Parrot is adorable proof that perfection -- or even accuracy -- is utterly overrated. His version of "Three ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...

Talk about a telling tune! The video text overlay jokes, "My parrot singing about being a bad boy." The ironic thing is in the video's caption, his pet parent makes it known that's sort of the ...

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The more you know about bird song, the more you’re apt to be fascinated by this well-known ritual of spring. We all know spring is a prime time to hear birds. These bird sounds can range from a ...

Winter is fading, spring is coming, and birds are singing. The distinctive songs of eastern meadowlarks roll across prairies surrounding our metropolis. The males perch on fence lines, fence poles and ...

It’s been hot for a week, made worse by thick humid conditions. Smart money says stay in the house. But playing it smart means no hope to see good things in nature. Indoors offers nothing. Outdoors, ...

WHY do birds sing? Has their music a meaning, or is it all a thing of blind impulse ? Some bright morning in March, as you go out-of-doors, you are greeted by the notes of the first robin. Perched in ...