The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center will release the first Merlin falcon ever successfully raised in a rehabilitation setting in Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The release will take ...

ONE RECENT morning I walked from the house to the barn, perhaps 100 yards, and heard several birds. None of them were visible. I turned around (much to the horse’s dismay) and went back to the house ...

Learning to identify birds by sight is simple – page through the field guide until you see a bird that matches or go birdwatching with someone who knows more than you. One shortcut to the process is ...

I have never thought of myself as a "bird watcher" or someone who takes an overly high interest in birds. I know most common bird species around the area by simply being an in-tune outdoorsman my ...