Birds

Researchers from Canada to Mexico are banding fast-flying hummingbirds to learn more about these dazzling daredevils as they make their way through Utah.

My students study a bird each week with reading passages, complete bird-related math activities, go on weekly field trips to find birds while keeping an ongoing writing journal about those experiences

Falconry is an ancient sport going back thousands of years. In Shakespeare’s time, it was a way of putting food on the dinner table.

I had a festering contempt for any bird of the corvid variety—corvid meaning crows, ravens, magpies … you know, the boring/detestable birds.

There are 924 bird species known to be in the United States. The average county in Utah has approximately 295 species, but Washington County boasts 400 species.

For years, a northern Utah town has faced torment from turkeys. Here’s how the county is trying to help.

As birds migrate across Utah, bright city lights and reflective windows turn deadly. Wildlife experts say small changes at home can help prevent thousands of collisions.

It’s not unheard of for birds to be active in the nighttime. But most nocturnal birds are not songbirds. Then there’s the yellow-breasted chat.

Utahns are turning everyday wildlife sightings into powerful data for scientists. From birding to herping, community science is helping track species and support conservation across the state.

Pinyon jays are a vulnerable and rarely seen species that has experienced a sharp population decline. But it turns out that protecting them might be more complicated than we thought.