A note to readers: Outdoors will begin running every other week. Look for the next column on May 17. Technology has provided tiny cameras that allow for an intimate look into the lives of wild ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTVI) – The World Bird Sanctuary recently ...

Certainly, they can be called birds of destiny. They hatched on Earth Day and 18 days later the little house wren chicks entered the world on Mother’s Day. In between, these three tiny birds survived ...

I’ve been snooping on cavity nesters of late. Thank goodness a bit of their nesting lives takes place where humans can relish the action. To wit, a nest box in the yard where a black-capped chickadee ...

Who knew that birds engage in time-sharing? John Russell, who lives east of Bloomington, sent me photographic evidence. “For countless years, we have had a pair of house wrens set up their household ...

Birds don't waste much time getting down to the business of nesting each spring. I've observed baby rob-ins and bluebirds that are already out of the nest. At home, I have nest boxes occupied by ...

There’s a welcome sound absent from my yard this spring and I’m not sure why. Bill Moyer of Coopersburg reports the same thing. “I have eight bird boxes out primarily for wrens,” he writes. “In past ...

I wasn’t a good landlord this past year. The tenants, however, faired seemingly well in their temporary spring and summer digs. This is what I was reminded of last weekend, while cleaning out and ...