A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

The sunny yellow-hued American goldfinch, which has a black forehead marking, can be seen all over the states. For a real ...

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire ...

A rare sighting of a white tūī has left a Hawke’s Bay woman delighted and hoping the bird will return. Ali Allen, who lives ...

The image shows two cute woodpeckers sitting on tree trunks. At first, they look almost the same. But when you look closely ...

The Isle of Wight is blessed to have the skies filled with beautiful birds, and the Island's photographers just love to get ...

There is a simple way to feed birds without spending a penny as gardeners are being asked to put out five common kitchen ...

When Christopher Donnan began studying the art created by Peru’s Moche culture more than 50 years ago, he wasn’t sure how much it reflected ancient reality. From about A.D. 200 to 850, the Moche lived ...

Birds don’t get enough credit for the magnificent creatures they are. Many people have heard a black-capped chickadee ...

A guide to five of the best native honeysuckles to plant in your yard to benefit lots of local wildlife, plus the non-native ...