Here’s something worth tweeting about: Being around more birds can boost your family’s happiness. A German study of more than 26,000 Europeans found that the cheeriest folks lived near natural areas ...

Joshua and Kevin Washington stood on the shore of Bird Pond on Saturday morning, their binoculars aimed across the water at a bufflehead duck, its colorful head skimming above the surface. Kevin ...

I never paid much notice to the birds until I had kids. With the exception of the brightly-colored cardinals and blue jays, they all looked alike, and I didn’t see any reason to worry about who was ...

The sharp, shrill cry of a red-shouldered hawk pierced the cool morning air at Wildcat Park in Joplin, capturing the attention of a group of birders walking the trails as part of the 10th annual ...

Looking for a fun and simple activity to do with kids outside? Birding might be just the thing to try. Interest in birding soared during the pandemic and this spring, it shows no sign of letting up.

As kids are heading indoors and settling in for the cold weather, many young birds are preparing for the journey of a lifetime. Hatched in the spring, these fliers—and their parents—are getting ready ...

The 11th Annual Winter Bird Count for Kids is coming up 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Jan. 25 at Lake Los Carneros Park, 304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta. Registration is 9-9:30 a.m. on the grounds of Stow ...

To encourage his elementary students to log on for remote learning during the pandemic, Tom Myers started creating one-minute bird education videos for TikTok. The “bird of the week” videos have a ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) presents a free educational event for children in our community: the 11th Annual ...

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

It was her mother-in-law’s quiet suggestion that got Josephine Gerweck, of Longmeadow, thinking about publishing a book. “You should try to incorporate your pictures of birds into a children’s book,” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A local organization has what it ...