Your instinct may be to remove it, but experts say the best thing to do is let nature take its course.

Setting up backyard bird feeders and birdbaths is an easy way to enjoy birdwatching in your yard while supporting local bird populations. However, food and water supplies may also attract birds you ...

Female brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) singing at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near New York City. (Credit: Rhododendrites / CC BY-SA 4.0) Brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater, are fascinating ...

The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) in North America is an obligate or generalist brood parasite of over 200 songbirds. Numerous studies show reproductive losses for individual host species (e.g ...

The Brown-headed Cowbird lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, a behavior known as nest parasitism. The male has a shiny black body with a dark brown head. In late spring and early summer, birds ...

Suggested alternate names include Lazy Bird, Cuckold, Cow-pen Bird, Buffalo Bird or the Brown-headed Oriole. I know of no one else able to make reading long articles on birds such a fascinating ...

“One of the penalties of an ecological education,” the conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, “is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” This is true for the students of prehistory as much as ...

With spring well past sprung and summer almost here, baby critters of all types, from deer and rabbits to fledgling songbirds, may be visiting your yard. Maybe you’ve even spotted a nest or two. And ...