People often ask me what the pretty yellow birds in their yard are (they’re goldfinches). Others inquire about the red ones (house finches, or as the poets and old-timers like to call them, linnets).

We’ve had many reports of juniper titmice showing up at feeders around Santa Fe lately. Sometimes we start to see more titmice at feeders once nesting has wrapped up. The juniper titmouse does not ...

The sound goes off every morning with a sharp, staccato beep-beep-beep. Our neighbor, Yoka Meyer, thought it was our alarm clock going off. No, it’s a male tufted titmouse greeting the break of day ...

The clearest sign of California spring is the singing of titmice. It starts early here, as does the season. I often hear the first few tentative attempts in December. In January and February, their ...

As winter approaches and snow coats the ground, the tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) will again become a ubiquitous backyard visitor. Familiar to even the most casual observers of nature, titmice ...

Todd M. Freeberg received funding from the National Science Foundation. Carolina chickadees are small, boisterous year-round residents of the southeastern United States. They are regularly found with ...