The return of geese is a heart-warming sign in early spring. Canada geese do overwinter at a few locations in southeast Newfoundland, particularly around Clarenville and, in recent years, Sunnyside.

Heading down the path, suddenly two bright blue birds the size of turkeys appear, all aquamarine plumage and bright red beaks. These are two Takahēs, and, nodding like chickens, they creep around, ...

An unusual pairing of two different species of geese — a greater white-fronted goose, left, and a Canada goose, right — built a nest together in Blue Lake Regional Park. Biologists say it's rare to ...

"Like great crested grebes, they have an elaborate courtship display involving pairs meeting breast-to-breast and rising from the water, with lots of head shaking. As breeding red-necked grebes in the ...

While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all these species, 12% of all living birds, approximately 1,200 species, ...

Bird spotters have recorded sightings of two birds that are extremely rare here in Belgium. A Hume's leaf warbler and a ...

From rare glossy ibis and a great white egret, to a black-crowned night heron and an entire flock of chiffchaffs.

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