When I penned last week’s column on river otters, I did a little more research to confirm that all my info was accurate. I knew otters fed primarily on fish, but I didn’t know that they can also feed ...

On June 27, 1833, legendary frontier ornithologist John James Audubon was deep in the wilds of Labrador. He and his party were seeking new birds in this poorly known region of northeastern Canada.

Summer residents of boreal and more temperate montane forests, the ruby-crowned kinglet and golden-crowned kinglet share many ...

This week’s featured creature, the ruby-crowned kinglet, is a tiny bird with a big attitude. It is a common winter visitor to the Ada area, but it will be abundant during March and April as it ...

If from now until September you spot a tiny tear-shaped bird flitting around the outer branches of a red spruce, Fraser fir or eastern hemlock, you're probably observing a kinglet. That supposition ...

The golden-crowned kinglet is a wee thing, smaller than any other bird in our area, except the ruby-throated hummingbird. Unlike the hummingbird, however, the kinglet is inconspicuous and little known ...

The golden-crowned kinglet is not really a common bird here, but nor is it a rare one. The Game and Fish Department’s checklist of North Dakota birds calls it “fairly common.” That is accurate, I ...