House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder. They are fond (understatement) of ...

My first encounter with these birds was when they began nesting in a hanging flower basket on my parents' porch more than 20 years ago. They just placed a small nest in the middle of the pot and went ...

She’s small and brown and currently residing in a well-worn, often used, rather messy but perfectly cozy, repurposed old bird’s nest in the far northeast corner of my “veranda” (which is a fancy name ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One day in late May, I spotted some weedy crud on my porch sconce. It looked ...

Looking for birding opportunities close to home? Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, ...