A group of bird watchers walked the trails at Tamarack Nature Center recently, on the lookout for late migrants as well as birds that will be around all winter. We'd come to this large park in White ...

Back in 2004, in what now seems like another life, I had a memorable experience on my way to work. Walking east along Wacker Drive, I noticed what looked like a leaf floating toward the sidewalk. It ...

First off, I want to wish you a Happy New Year. I hope that any effects of self-inflicted devastation have worn off and that you are able to kick back and relax on the first weekend of the New Year.

The white-breasted nuthatch is a familiar bird to many feeders in our region. This small songbird is snowy white below and wears a coat of slate-blue above. A bold black stripe caps its head and neck.

Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

This nasally call should be familiar to everyone who feeds birds or tromps through the woods. It's the sound made by a white-breasted nuthatch staying in touch with a partner, as these natty birds ...

I enjoy watching and photographing songbirds around my feeders, especially in winter. It seems like birds are more cooperative for the camera at this time of year. One of the most active and, in my ...

My son and his fiancé were out in Seattle during Winter Break (we are all teachers). They sent back a photo for me to ID of a cool-looking bird riding the swell out in Puget Sound. I had just come ...

Red-breasted nuthatches are one of my favorite birds. Admittedly, I have a lot of favorites, but these are at the top of my list perhaps because they, as birds with a more northerly range than the ...

SEATTLE — A red-breasted goose at the Woodland Park Zoo has died from the first suspected case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as the bird flu, the zoo announced ...

In my last column, I posed a question that went something like this, “when is a duck not a duck.” The answer is when it is a merganser. Then I wrote about the common merganser, which is a member of ...

The Pacific coast representative of the yellow-bellied sapsucker complex, the red-breasted sapsucker differs from other sapsuckers in its almost entirely red head and breast. Identification is ...