When birders go out of their way to see a bird I don’t think “cuteness” is the motivating factor. Most often when birders gather in one spot it’s to see a rare bird and that is the case with the ...

Your chances of setting out and finding a northern wheatear in Tennessee are practically nil. In fact, no one had even documented one in Tennessee until Tony King of Lenoir City discovered one on Nov.

A surprise Northern Wheatear: Ever heard of a wheatear? If you haven’t, here’s a hint - it’s a bird. Does that help? Earlier in the month I wrote a column about spotting an American White Pelican ...

This bird had personality, too. It seemed to revel in its starring role, posing erect on a wire fence, basking in the evening sun, hawking a gnat from the air, and lording it over the half-dozen or so ...

A rare Arctic visitor came to Lane River Bridge in South Sutton on May 3.A female northern wheatear was seen and photographed there and leads to Rare Bird Alert for New Hampshire for this week.These ...

This is the northern wheatear, a tiny insect-eating Arctic bird. Every year, half of the species travels 4,500 miles over Greenland, across the Atlantic, and down through Europe to reach western ...

The northern wheatear, shown here during a rare appearance in Dover-Foxcroft, summers in the Arctic and spends its winters in Africa. Credit: Courtesy of Joyce Woodard Maybe Mother Nature is trying to ...

Birds that spent their summer next to musk oxen are now leaving Alaska to spend winter with zebras. Northern wheatears are robin-size songbirds with tan bodies and handsome black eye bands. Wheatears ...

Birds that spent their summer next to muskoxen are now leaving Alaska to spend winter with zebras. Northern wheatears are robin-size songbirds with tan bodies and handsome black eyebands. Wheatears ...