Birds

For the last six years, retired vacationer Rick Willever has delivered live footage of a family of bald eagles to online viewers across Vermont and the country.

Monitors found 174 nesting pairs in the state, up from just a few dozen less than 20 years ago.

Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other states, like Maryland and Virginia. Experts aren't quite sure why the disparity exists, but they suspect food abundance and habitat play a role. Climate change may alter both.

Anyone in Connecticut wanting to purchase second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides will need a state license starting in 2026.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire are using solar-powered tags to track salt marsh sparrows and collect data which can better inform marsh restoration and preservation efforts across New England.

That bone-chilling screech you've heard in movies and on TV actually belongs to a different bird.

A New England group joined a national bird count to spread the joy of birding and make it more accessible to everyone.

The project is aimed at protecting Bobolinks and other birds that use hayfields to nest and raise their young in the early summertime.

"You don't get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and spend the whole day stomping around outside, freezing to death or getting soaking wet, unless it's something you're really committed to," said Sally Laughlin, who has organized the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock for 50 years.

“When we’re losing our insect populations, we’re losing our bird populations,” one expert says.