But for home maintenance and peace of mind, it's good to know how to identify common backyard bird eggs and the one you don't want to see — the house sparrow, which is a pest, believe it or not.

It’s called the Backyard Winter Bird Survey ... which also includes tips on identifying different birds and commonly confused birds. A version of this story first appeared in Globe NH | Morning ...

It’s an added kind of emotional connection to these strange little backyard visitors you watch eating on cam. Name That Bird determines individual members of a species by identifying ...

Last year more than 600,000 people from 210 countries and subregions participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, identifying nearly 8000 species. You can see real-time results from this year here.

“It’s called the Great Backyard Bird Count ... Once you’ve decided on where to observe, you’ll identify all the birds you see or hear within your planned time and location, and then ...

It is a joy to linger in bed for a few minutes on a spring morning and tell which birds are singing so jubilantly outside the bedroom window.

The annual Great Backyard Bird Count is slated for Feb. 14-17. Anyone is welcome to participate; all it takes is a commitment to identify and count the birds seen or heard in a particular location ...

If you are new to birding or need help in identifying a bird call, the Merlin Bird ID app is recommended by Cornell Lab and Audubon If you've participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count in the ...