See photos of bird species with purple feathers. Purple colored bird species brighten up the skies and landscapes across ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above ...

Local birders gathered at the historic Christ Church in Colchester on Saturday to champion the plight of the purple martin, a ...

The state has seen a 95 percent decline in purple martins over the last 50 years, according to the Maine Department of Inland ...

This video shows hundreds of thousands of purple martins swarming throughout downtown Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. Each ...

Purple Martins, the beautiful dark purple birds who use gourd-shaped nesting boxes to have their babies, are some of our earliest migrants. Those are a really special birds that only breed in ...

Purple martins, known for their glossy plumage, have returned to Michigan after wintering in South America. The first sightings, known as "scout" birds, were reported in mid-March, marking the ...

More than 100,000 purple martins roosted at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in 2020 and 2021. Nashville tried everything from bird calls to falcons to convince the martins to choose another roost.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South from Nashville. Aug. 7, 2023 When you don’t know what’s coming, the whole ...