According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Backyards across North Central Ohio have become a stage this month for the annual theatrical production known as The Biggest Week in American Birding. It's the special time each spring when birds who ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – If you’ve visited the Collar City lately, you’ve likely seen or heard large flocks of crows flying over the city. As the birds continue migrating into Troy for the winter, ...

It’s been a big week for birds. BirdCast—a migration forecasting tool operated by Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—tracked a whopping 1.8 million birds passing over DC on ...

Seattle has a thing about crows. Crows are ubiquitous to the city — a single roost at the University of Washington Bothell campus is home to as many as 16,000 birds. The sight of thousands of crows ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...