This amazing, free app, called “Merlin,” developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, listens to the birds through the phone’s microphone and identifies them in real-time.

Learning to ID birds is a lot like learning to ID wildflowers -- start with five or 10 of the easy ones and build from there.

Bird song peaks in spring and fades out over the course of summer. But the golden-crowned sparrow and its cousin, the white-crowned sparrow, perform a beautiful coda to the singing season.

Our citizen science project was designed to record bird sounds but produced some surprisingly funny impressions.

That said, "small birds have the anatomy and vocal behavior that happens to sync up well with humans' perceptions of 'song,'" he says. That anatomy is the syrinx, the bird version of our larynx.

Another small bird that is a common backyard denizen in the Brazos Valley is the Carolina chickadee. This tiny bird is recognized by its black cap, white face and black throat.

Birds, which have the longest necks of all terrestrial vertebrates, can use the long necks as resonators to amplify the sound. “If you're small, you don't have too much energy available to produce a ...

Austin’s beloved Ann and Roy Butler Trail is more than just a scenic route for joggers and cyclists — it’s now a hub for ...

If so, the birds should be more likely to guide honey-hunters who make this specific call than other sounds. In fact, one study showed that birds were more likely to guide people when they heard ...