Like human code-breakers intercepting secret messages, red-breasted nuthatches have evolved ways to extract hidden information about threats from predators from the seemingly indistinguishable alarm ...

The birds in your garden may be engaging in cross-species chatter. A recent study reports that nuthatches appear to have learned to understand a foreign language -- chickadee. It's not unusual for one ...

If Dr. John Watson had been chronicling the work of Christopher Templeton rather than the exploits of Sherlock Holmes, he might have entitled the latest research by Templeton "The Adventure of the ...

As much as we love to watch birds enjoying the bounty at our feeders, there may come a day when we forget to glance out the window at them. Ennui sets in, especially in winter, after weeks of seeing ...

The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers. . . — Henry David Thoreau Many of our feathered friends are also fair-weather friends, which makes the chickadee ...

I love to visit the oak woodlands at any season. There’s always something going on, between migratory birds and the year-round presence of titmice, chickadees, jays and white-breasted nuthatches. This ...