The wood thrush’s song is one of the most beautiful among eastern birds, and its flute-like warble is one of the reasons Vitek Jirinec picked this species to study. “It’s a charismatic species,” he ...

If you ask Georgia birders what bird has the sweetest song during spring and summer, their answer most likely will be the wood thrush. Some even believe the wood thrush’s song is the most beautiful ...

Surely the most beautiful sound in the forest is that of the wood thrush song. Likened to the ethereal notes of a flute duet, the song's three varying parts always include one signature constant: the ...

Every spring, for decades and without fail, the celestial, flute-like song of the wood thrush heralds this avian songster’s return to my hillside. After a journey fraught with peril, this neo-tropical ...

Not everyone appreciates being up and about at 5 a.m. But with long days that we now have at this time in June with sunrise at nearly 5:15 a.m., the day gets off to an early start. Typically, this is ...

Countless thousands of leaves keep the secrets of birds in a forest. In the woods creeping in on my house from all sides, I have only one weapon to neutralize all that deep shade: sharp hearing I’m ...

I’ve been asked many times how the whole thing got started: this love of the outdoors and needing to know how it works. I can actually point to a moment in time, when a light bulb switched on and the ...

My previous article entitled “Summer Birdsong” ended prematurely without naming the featured bird-concert soloist. Fortunately for you readers, I survived the oversight long enough to pen this “reveal ...

Every spring migration stands out for one reason or another. For me, this spring was memorable for the show the spotted thrushes put on at Latta Park. While the warblers were somewhat lackluster (some ...