Hawks will soon be flitting along the Appalachian ridges and other birds will be setting their wings southward as summer nears its end. But already the avian movement is under way as the varied ...

High water March 9 at Lake Red Rock overflows the banks of the Des Moines River north of Pleasantville. Pectoral sandpipers feed in the wet grassy areas and exposed mudflats of the lake at lower water ...

The tweety whistles overhead made me look up even though I knew I wouldn’t actually see what was issuing those sounds. Nevertheless, I stopped walking and listened into the star-filled sky until the ...

Every July, the western sandpiper, a dun-colored, long-beaked bird, leaves the shores of Alaska and migrates south. It may fly as far as the coast of Peru, where it spends several months before making ...

It is migration season again, in reverse. With most of our summer species, spring was the time of anticipation. Birders had their lists out, trying to be the first to spot each new arrival. Most would ...

Unique among shorebirds, the prairie-loving, pampas-wintering Buff-breasted Sandpiper links habitats from the Arctic to southern South America through its epic migration. Its future is uncertain, ...

Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's going on with them during all stages of their annual cycle -- and how those stages affect each other. A new study ...

The Rainforest Trust and the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand recently purchased 8 hectares (20 acres) of shoreland in the Gulf of Thailand to protect a vital stopover site for spoon-billed ...

Although identifying shorebirds can be challenging, I promise you it is not impossible to learn. If you are new to shorebirds one technique to help you begin learning is to narrow down the playing ...

Migration is in full swing through Vancouver over the next few weeks. Today is a great day to see the sandpiper migration on Brunswick Point. Sometime after about 4 pm the tides will be pushing the ...