A coot is about 36-40cm long with a wingspan of 70-80cm. They are a common breeding species found here all year round — typically on wetlands. Smaller than a mallard, both sexes appear similar ...

Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 migratory game bird seasons have been set. There are two significant changes to waterfowl seasons. The ...

Hunters shouldn’t overlook including the purchase of a Migratory Game Bird License when buying their general hunting license ...

MEET THE Australian coot (Fulica atra), a boisterous waterbird with a vast range that stretches from Eurasia to Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Also known as the Eurasian coot, the species has ...

One further clue to differentiate between these two birds is the frontal shield: a platelike prolongation of their beaks that reaches up to their forehead. The shield of the moorhen is bright red with ...

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

Hunkered down in a duck blind, the story goes that while nibbling from his box of chocolates, Forrest Gump observed to his absent-minded waterfowl hunter friend, “Well, stupid is what stupid ...

When it comes to home-building, some birds put even the finest architects to shame. Their nests are not just shelters but ...

In the northern part of Malta, three special places - Simar, Għadira, and Salina - are helping birds do something very important: raise their young. These wetland nature reserves, managed by ...

I saw this red poppy with a bumblebee inside. I always thought that bees couldn’t see red and so never visited red flowers.