The orioles are gone now and as we slip into the mellow days of fall the nectar feeder hanging just outside my office window seems less exciting as only hummingbirds are buzzing about. But movement at ...

There are lots of sparrows. Excepting birders, they get little play or press. I was mildly self-disgusted to scroll back through the roster of nearly 400 Dispatch columns I’ve written to date and see ...

The squawking usually begins just past 4:30 p.m. this time of year, when the sun begins to hang low in the sky. Just a few at first, announcing themselves with loud calls from above. Another flock ...