The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...

If you’ve made the drive either direction between Frisco and Breckenridge in the last week, you’ve seen scores of people out on the south end of Dillon Reservoir attempting to catch a glimpse of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The bird of the week for today is Pectoral Sandpiper. The Pectoral Sandpiper is a medium-sized, chunky shorebird. It is a long-distance migrant that breeds on the Arctic Tundra, ...

Every July, the western sandpiper, a dun-colored, long-beaked bird, leaves the shores of Alaska and migrates south. It may fly as far as the coast of Peru, where it spends several months before making ...

If you stroll along the river much this winter you’ll likely see a brown bird the size of a handspan doing the same thing. But you might notice that, unlike you, it is busy poking about the shoreline ...

Weather delayed Loveland’s annual Christmas Bird Count, a tradition that takes place across the Western Hemisphere, from the event’s planned date on New Year’s Day until Jan. 4, when the event brought ...

Geese overhead. Juncos underfoot. Blackbirds galore. Robins by the roadside. Tree sparrows in the ditch. A kestrel on the power line. A meadowlark on a pole. Wasn’t it a week for birds! The list is ...

The upland sandpiper is different from other birds in several respects. To begin with, it has two common names. For the last 30 years or so, it's been called upland sandpiper; earlier, it was often ...