Jackie Lavender Bird Kicks Off Campaign for Mayor June 28, 2019 - Jackie Lavender Bird kicked off her campaign for Mayor of Melrose at the Ell Pond Gazebo Friday, June 28. Friends and supporters were ...

I used to hang bird feeders in my garden, but I was forced to remove them because, to my surprise and consternation, they were attracting rats. Even though my garden provided a wide variety of plants ...

Thousands of visitors cross the William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge — known locally as Old Manns Harbor Bridge — on their way to Roanoke Island and the Outer Banks every year. But from mid-July through ...

Come early April, the first of the Purple Martin scouts should be returning from their long winter down south. The rest of their group will soon follow. The scout's job is stake out space for a colony ...

A small blue-purple bird often seen throughout the state during the spring has started to trickle back into Kentucky, but birdwatchers may be seeing less of the species in the future. The world’s ...

With bright violet back feathers, this African bird, commonly referred to as the Plum-colored Starling, sparkles. One of the brightest cotingas, this bird from the Amazon is full of colors, purple ...

Every year, Jeff Robinson eagerly awaits the arrival of purple martins to his Rogersville backyard. He's set up a virtual purple martin condo, with martin houses and gourds providing Missouri's ...

Robin Donaldson would not call herself a “birder” in the classic sense of someone who observes and identifies wild birds in their habitats. But last spring, the Ashland industrial engineer flew to ...