The Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count in Pittsburgh tallied 78 species, one of the highest numbers of types of birds recorded in the 110 years the count has been conducted in Pittsburgh. The ...

There are so many great stories in the over 60 constellations available to us in our night sky. There are heroes, hunters, musical instruments, royalty and all kinds of critters, including eight birds ...

Fall is coming and along with it you can expect to see geese flying south. How about a celestial swan flying west? Cygnus the Swan is straight up at around 9 p.m. in mid-September, as seen from ...

Aquila, the Eagle, may not be the most well-known, or most recognizable constellation, but it is straightforward to find, and is worth adding to your repertoire. It is one of the 48 constellations ...

A PAIR of flying whooper swans glide above the water in seamless harmony in the city of Sanmenxia in Henan province, China. The image is titled Fairy Landing on Earth, and it won Shu Qing the bronze ...

Looking up is quite normal for birdwatchers, when the birds take to the sky. Even more so for the celestial kind, like Cygnus the Swan which soars overhead on September evenings (as seen from ...

Kent Clegg likes watching birds, and he likes flying ultralight planes. He finds ways to do both, to the birds’ profit. In 1997 Clegg got whooping cranes to follow him in his ultralight from Idaho to ...