Here’s a quick look at why nature makes kids happy, as well as some tips for turning your backyard into a mini birding sanctuary. “Many studies have shown that spending time outside in nature, or even ...
I usually write answers to kids’ science questions early in the morning. I like how it’s so quiet – except for my bird neighbors singing and singing. I asked my friend Jennifer Phillips what’s going ...
A mid-August walk finds the woods almost silent. A raven talks, a jay complains, an eagle titters, a squirrel chatters. If you are lucky, a little group of chickadees will come by and visit. But bird ...
Source: Kentish Plumber, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Songbirds seem to enjoy singing. And while a great deal of research has investigated the development and production of ...
Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden world of communication. Bird sounds offer insight into how intelligent and ...
Not all birds sing, but those that do — some several thousand species — do it a lot. All over the world, as soon as light filters over the horizon, songbirds launch their serenades. They sing to ...
Source: Kentish Plumber, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Songbirds seem to enjoy singing. And while a great deal of research has investigated the development and production of ...