Learn how to tell the difference between two gray colored mimic birds with big personalities: the gray catbird vs northern ...

The gray catbird might be the most aptly named bird species on the planet. It is certainly a bird. Looking at it, no one would mistake it for a cat. Hearing it is a little different. The catbird has a ...

The gray catbird is native to North America. Its range extends across most of the U.S. except for several far western states. Adults are about the size of a cowbird. The gray catbird is a migratory ...

This week's featured creature is very good at staying out of sight. So much so, you may have never seen one, even if you ...

I spied a gray catbird the other day at our suet feeder in Decatur, the first one I’ve seen in our yard this year. It probably has been nesting in the thick hedge in my yard all spring, but the ...

Several years ago, I was awakened nearly every day of late spring by a recurring — and very loud — bird sound. I say “sound,” rather than “song,” because this particular noise was not so melodious as ...

The bird songs that had filled the daylight hours during the spring are fading now, and only a few species still do any singing at all. The birds are still active, however, and anyone who walks ...

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