Some of the common names for birds don’t have any official recognition among ornithologists and biologists. For instance, many people in the region consistently but erroneously refer to herons as ...

Steven Prager, who surveys the western yellow-billed cuckoo in Arizona, certainly will, a toast to celebrate a ruling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to keep the migratory bird protected under ...

During a visit the other morning to the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve near my home on the outskirts of Decatur, I got my best view ever of a yellow-billed cuckoo, one of Georgia’s most elusive — and ...

Elusive, secretive birds often are the most satisfying to discover, and for me the black-billed cuckoo ranks near the top. Hearing a bird is usually the best way to find it, but attentive ears are ...