While much of the recent attention locally has been on the Eagles, a group of volunteers from western Schuylkill County has been more focused on birds of all types. Those folks took part in the recent ...
Most people who think they’re hearing owls ... which made it illegal to capture and sell native birds. To avoid prosecution, New York City pet shop owners released finches en masse in 1940.
The passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird in the world ... People would have eaten them too, with Native Americans relying on them for food. Many birds that nest in colonies, such as terns, ...