Standing in the brush along an abandoned rock quarry, I scanned the blue, cloud-free September sky for flying birds. My prey? Band-tail pigeons, the West Coast’s cousin to the extinct passenger pigeon ...

September marks the start of the end of peak season for garden birds as sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, robins and numerous other British species watch their offspring leave the nest and begin ...

All of the above are among the many birds that are around but seem to be in transition as summer’s end is near and fall officially starts. September weather can be quite variable from one week to the ...