Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably ... very different from summer birds. On freshly molted birds, black plumage has white spots all ...

A dunlin is about the size of a starling and both sexes are similar — they have a relatively long, thin, slightly downcurved ...

Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked. Adult male: the glossy black body, with a greenish iridescence, contrasts with a brown head. The eyes are dark; the bill and ...

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...

Discover nature this week with Missouri's starlings. When Shakespeare wrote the play Henry the Fourth in 1597, he had no way ...