Most birds spend hours, days, or even weeks painstakingly building their nests. Some birds make nests out of mud, some build nests in trees, and some birds nest on the ground and simply scrape out a ...

Fork-tailed drongos have a signature color and pattern on their eggs, which helps them avoid getting duped by African cuckoos. Hans Stieglitz via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Cuckoos have ...

A migrant bird that winters in South America and summers in the American West is bound for extinction, according to a federal agency, which is seeking comments on a proposed endangered listing for the ...

A bird sighting on New York's Long Island has avian enthusiasts flocking to the region in hopes of spotting a feathered friend that has never been seen before in the state. The common cuckoo is ...

If you’re a bird and you’re trying to be taken seriously, it can’t be easy to be a cuckoo. In an animal grouping that includes the golden eagle, the sharp-shinned hawk and the great crested heron, ...

Birders are going cuckoo for a rare sight on Long Island. The common cuckoo bird has been spotted only four times in U.S. history in the lower 48 states, experts say. Now, it's in Riverhead. Hundreds ...