We’re at it again, we birders. The Oak Park Migration Bird Walk group began its spring 2025 season on Friday, April 18, at Thatcher Woods. Fifteen of our 100 members walked near Trailside Museum, ...

One could easily confuse the Cassin’s finch with the closely related purple finch or even the more familiar house finch. For ...

Some 818 schoolchildren pulled out paints, pencils, pastels or paste to enter the 22nd annual “Student Bird Art Contest” ...

Many songbirds use birdhouses for nesting, but the birds we've listed here won't use a birdhouse. Here are other ways to ...

The annual migration usually happens at almost the same dates as other years, but with lousy weather two things happen. First ...

Nancy has provided a lovely portrait of a fox sparrow, the eastern race named for its rusty “fox-coloured” streaking. This is ...

Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite garden accessory, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Quite a few have been reported already, ...

​​Happy Sunday, Richmond! It's April 20, 2025. In case you missed it, a Richmond driver was allegedly punched and robbed after an intersection collision. Meanwhile, do you know what happens behind the ...

Just as I was about to give up on seeing April migrants, or any other birds for that matter, a trio of purple finches flew ...