Waking up to the sound of birdsong is a great way to energize yourself for the day. In fact, one study featured in The Royal Society Publishing scientific journal suggests that hearing the sound of ...

An American Robin looks over the eggs in her nest. iSTOCK/COX An American Robin looks over the eggs in her nest. iSTOCK/COX “Honest as a robin on a springtime windowsill,” sang Randy Travis in the hit ...

When spring breezes in Friday at 10:46 a.m., you might not see it, but there’s a good chance you’ll hear it. Humans have considered birds to be couriers of spring for as long as both have existed.

It happens every spring morning like clockwork. The sky is still dark, the neighbourhood is silent, and then out of nowhere, a robin starts up. Clear, bright, cheerful, completely unbothered by the ...

The first singing begins well before the sky lights up. One type of bird that is always seen to start singing even before most parts of the environment have started waking up is the European robin and ...