The spectacular plumage of the male American redstart hints at the fiery behavior of this species. If there is a redstart nearby, then you'll know! / Photo by Bill Danielson Sign up for the Gazette's ...

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The second half of September and the first half of October combine to represent one of the busiest times of the year. A massive shift from summer to autumn results in so much activity in the outdoors ...

The American redstart is a kind of wood warbler. Wood warblers are small, active birds that generally flit around a lot. There are a lot of them. Some species are maddeningly similar. Some are ...

I was birdwatching from a fishing boat 50 miles out in the Atlantic a couple of weeks ago. I and my fellow birders were expecting to see shearwaters and petrels, birds that spend their lives well ...

A new study demonstrates that birds can partially compensate for climate change by delaying the start of spring migration and completing the journey faster. But the strategy comes with a cost -- a ...

Eastern Iowa has about half a dozen nesting warblers species that are considered common. Perhaps the most ubiquitous spring and summer denizen of the forests is the American redstart.

Yearling male American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla (protonym, Motacilla Ruticilla), also known as the yellow-tailed warbler or simply as the redstart, photographed at Quintana Beach County Park, ...

We’ll start with the word small. The redstart is a member of the warbler group, which means it is about the size of a sparrow. It is widespread. Draw a line from the Alaska panhandle to the panhandle ...