Eurasian collared-doves made it to the New World about forty years ago, although not under their own steam. The consensus is that the “American” scion escaped from a breeder in the Bahamas in 1974.

On the tops of street lights, telephone poles or trees in your backyard, there are white and grey birds perching. Driving through Steele last week, I saw dozens roosted all over town, especially by ...

At this season, with the snow so deep and the birds so few, it's not surprising that our thoughts might turn to pigeons. Pigeons are a conspicuous part of the local landscape. They are also part of a ...

A burglary in the Bahamas and the threat of a volcano eruption on the island of Guadeloupe set in motion one of the fastest and most widespread invasions of a non-native wildlife species — a bird, in ...