About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter. Sharpies use their short, powerful wings ...

The bird’s flight is strong and steady, with wings rarely flexed above horizontal. Polytypic. Length 11.5". A nearly unmistakable dark blue, black-crested jay with variable white or blue ...

Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend ...

Climbing into the bright yellow 1940 Piper J-4 Cub, one of my longtime flying friends ... The windsock promised that getting the little yellow bird into the air would be a white-knuckle affair.

The birds flying highest, furthest and fastest ... did not save it from extinction at the hand of man. The beautiful blue Spix's macaw of the Brazilian rainforest is the loneliest and, due ...

While blue jays have been included on lists of birds you do not want to be seeing ... welcome visitors to backyards since ...

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird feeders across the country, swooping in to nab an unwary dove or jay. Females are larger and ...

It was given two main points of direction: Focus on the bird and the word ‘Jays,’ dropping the ‘Blue.’ The team’s marketing department had concluded most people just referred to the club ...

During their migration, billions of birds are flying overhead at night. Scientists believe that these migrating birds use the moon and stars as important navigational aids. While flying at night ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter, but spending time in a warmer climate does not save them energy, according to new research. Using miniaturized loggers ...

A flying robot that resembles a peregrine falcon can be used to scare away flocks of birds in fields, performing better at this task than a standard drone. RobotFalcon resembles a peregrine falcon ...