Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cowbird eggs in a house finch nest, courtesy Lindsay Arnold Chipping sparrow nests are known to be parasitized by brown-headed ...

An eastern phoebe sits low in a mossy nest built under the corner of a wooden structure. The birds commonly nest on porches, garages, sheds and other man-made surfaces in spring. Credit: Bob Duchesne ...

Walking along a trail in a northern Illinois woodlands, I noticed the silhouette of our earliest arriving migratory flycatcher. It’s not a colorful bird — Its body and wings are grayish-brown, its ...

The Eastern phoebe uses a hunting technique called "hawking." The bird sits on an exposed branch and then sallies forth to capture insects that fly by. BILL DANIELSON / For the Recorder Sign up for ...

A major study published this month in the journal Science shows that North American bird populations are in steep decline, with 75% of species affected. Most alarmingly, common birds —the species that ...

As the frost line retreats northward in early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed — and occasionally preceded — by the arrival of our most common flycatcher: the eastern phoebe. In fact, ...