These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of the Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders ...

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While enjoying lunch, we saw a few each of purple grackles, starlings and house sparrows pecking at half a roll on the blacktop near our truck. Those birds were entertaining. Soon I was surprised ...

For one thing, birds sleep at night ... tick off rare species on her spotter's list — everything from falcons to purple grackles. Like everything else in this Oval Office whodunnit, it doesn ...

and occasionally saw a house finch tagged as a purple finch. For the most part, it did a good job with local birds, including the northern cardinals, Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice ...

Friends have asked me about specific things in the show. For example, why do we use the name Purple Grackle for the bird now known as Common Grackle? We actually had a whole discussion about that.

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 ...