Stephen Head, president of Lone Star College-North Harris, asked me not long ago what the sparrow-size, aqua-blue birds were that had shown up in his yard. He wasn't the only one who wanted to know.

Among the more spectacular songbirds making their way southward through southern New Mexico in late August and early September is a trio of colorful buntings. Both indigo buntings and painted buntings ...

The rainbow-hued beauties and other songbirds will love the special seed and feeders that you got for a low price!

I call the painted bunting the rainbow bird because of its spangled red, blue and green colors. The male’s cobalt head is marked by a bright red ring around its eye, and its throat, belly and rump are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the birding community, especially among the hardcore ranks, no news is bigger than a first state record. That is, a bird ...

Birds make every outdoor space look instantly better. And when they're birds drenched in vibrant colors, well, let's just say the space becomes a bit more magical. Flashes of blues, greens, yellows, ...

The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird. A bird watcher’s attention is first drawn to the bird by its distinctive song, ...

Among the most colorful of animals are butterflies, tropical frogs, coral reef fishes and of course, birds. I am bound to get some blowback with that list — someone's favorite colorful group is ...

Bird lovers in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn are going nuts over a brightly-colored visitor from the South. A male painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a member of the cardinal family, was spotted ...

In the birding community, especially among the hardcore ranks, no news is bigger than a first state record. That is, a bird species never before seen in the state. Such records are rare as hen’s teeth ...