Naturally is a column written by a rotating cast of experts at the NJ Audubon. Within the past two months, I’ve had two ...

Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

You’re outside when suddenly you hear an unfamiliar chirp. Looking around, you wonder, “Is it a squirrel?” “Is it a bat?” And ...

The game was something of an explainer for why the Orioles are in the position that they are. Some of their big names did not ...

The common nighthawk is an interesting creature. At just over 9 inches in length, a bit smaller than a blue jay, it is a ...

She has previously sponsored bills to nominate the blue-and-gray Florida scrub jay, exclusively native to Florida, as the state bird. The mockingbird has a stable population in Florida and is ...

She has previously sponsored bills to nominate the blue-and-gray Florida scrub-jay, exclusively native to Florida, as the state bird. The mockingbird has a stable population in Florida and is ...

She has previously sponsored bills to nominate the blue-and-gray Florida scrub jay, exclusively native to Florida, as the state bird.

She has previously sponsored bills to nominate the blue-and-gray Florida scrub jay, exclusively native to Florida, as the state bird. The mockingbird has a stable population in Florida and is ...

A scrub jay perches on a palm tree branch in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Kat Tran/Fresh Take Florida) (3267x1949, AR: 1.676244227809133) ...

Klowden prefers crowning the scrub jay state bird. They live in the state’s sandy patches of shrubs known as sand pine scrub. He also said the scrub jays represent “family values.” “They live in ...