A new face in your yard? The face of some strange, pale new bird, streaky and splotchy, with no clear field marks? And you wonder who it is. Fledglings, the term for birds just out of the nest, often ...

Spring migration is over. It’s now prime nesting time for Georgia’s songbirds, most of which are incubating eggs or tending babies. Several year-round birds — bluebirds, cardinals, Carolina chickadees ...

This spring, Pasadena Humane’s Wildlife Helpline has heard from many concerned callers who think they’ve found an injured or abandoned bird. Luckily, in most cases, the bird in question is not hurt or ...

A baby bird falls out of its nest onto the ground — what should you do? A well-meaning person may want to help out, but sometimes it's best to just let nature be. Breeding season is in full swing ...

This spring a robin built a nest in the dense lower branches of a fir tree next to our house. It started sitting on eggs back in April. Even though the nest was visible from the window, we didn’t ...

There are lots of sparrows. Excepting birders, they get little play or press. I was mildly self-disgusted to scroll back through the roster of nearly 400 Dispatch columns I’ve written to date and see ...