WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WKRC) — People are finding out the hard way -- it’s nesting season for some native songbirds. Consider the charming call of the red-winged blackbird your warning. “They call to ...

Around this time of year, male red-winged blackbirds are at the peak of their beauty - and their aggressiveness. Just ask anyone who's been divebombed by a protective feathered father. Males fluff ...

These Napa blackbirds aren't afraid of getting up close and personal when it comes to defending their nests at this shopping center. They will dive bomb, swoop and even land on your head if you get ...

THE double bird's nest I send you was found some time ago in a stack of hop-poles when they were taken down for use. The lower nest is clearly a blackbird's, and in it, below the lining, were two ...

In this episode, The Daily reports on red-winged blackbirds, a territorial species that nests along Lake Michigan’s shoreline and is known for attacking passersby. JONAH ROSENBERG: Picture yourself ...

Mobbing is a defensive behavior birds undertake to protect their nest or young from potential predators. Individual birds may go after another bird, mammal, snake, or even vehicle. But that’s not ...

Birders, including me, can be fickle. In February or March when we hear the first red-winged blackbird of the year sing its distinct three-syllable “On-ka-lee,” we rejoice. The common refrain on ...

Editor's note: This following edition of Nature News is a 2017 column, with 2024 updates, including a reference to our most recent snow storm. An internet outage prevented Susan Pike from writing a ...