There are not many true loners in the bird world. Many types of social birds—from sparrows to sandpipers and gulls to goldfinches—will gather in flocks of their own kind, or with other species that ...

Aguilar, who specializes in bird behavior, set out in summer 2023 to find a system to gather large volumes of data on the eclipse’s effects on local birds’ daily routines. With the help of Luddy ...

When daylight dimmed as the moon eclipsed the sun over the Hill Country, we saw cliff swallows zigzagging through the skies suddenly vanish, mockingbirds cease their loud songs and a hyperactive ...