DEAR JOAN: Our backyard is blessed with a family of oak titmice, which we think are in the running for the world’s cutest bird. My wife and I have wondered how the oak titmouse came by its name. It ...

As usual, the house wrens seemed to be camped out at the sunflower seed feeder, only moving to get another seed. But one animated visitor didn’t seem to have the same attention span as he bounced ...

September is a fine month for enjoying oaks. Deciduous species still have their leaves, the lovely angular foliage of black oaks begins to turn to gold and acorns weigh down the boughs to attract the ...

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).