The American yellow warbler is known for its sunny-yellow plumage and sweet song. But as any birder will tell you, they’re also fidgety. Trying to get a clear view of them is like seeing flashes of ...

Massachusetts native and puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the voice behind the iconic Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, is flying the coop today, retiring from “Sesame Street” after almost 50 years. “Big Bird ...

Sound like synonyms for joy. "Bird-Language," W.H. Auden (1907-1973) EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. About an hour before sunrise when the sky to the east appears that dark Maxfield Parrish blue, the dawn chorus ...