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In North America, a black bird with red wings - or at least red patches on its wings - perched on a cattail and singing is a red-winged blackbird.

Every year, during the breeding season, there are reports of Red-winged Blackbirds attacking people. The birds are just scaring off predators and rivals.

The sixth season of the popular television show 'So You Think You Can Dance' continues with the top seven female and seven male dancers, performing in pairs for America.

Tomie dePaola has written or illustrated over 200 books, and his adaptations of world folklore are among the most fascinating.

Here are 6 trivia items about Nidicolous birds, pirate birds, strange bird's eggs, the woodpecker's tongue, birds that fly underwater and birds that carry their chicks.

The fourth day of Christmas, according to the song, has someone sending a gift of four colly (calling) birds. Why not host a dinner or party based on blackbirds?

Not all evergreen plants have green leaves. Here is a selection of broadleaf evergreen shrubs with red, purple, silver or other colored foliage.

Western and Eastern Meadowlarks are very similar and their ranges overlap. They're visible, beautiful, and interesting birds.

Bird watching is an entertaining winter pastime. Feeder location and the right food can help bird enthusiasts draw in their birds of choice.

The Twelve Days of Christmas once had birds as the gifts on each of the first seven days, and may have started out as a game - but why a partridge in a pear tree?

The medieval feast could be a sumptuous multi-course banquet, or a simpler affair with local foodstuffs.

At the Awards Ceremony for the 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, narrative features, documentaries, and shorts won from 160 film selections.

A first-signs-of-spring scavenger hunt is a perfect family fun activity. It is a great kid outdoor activity that can help families have fun and celebrate spring together.

Edwards Air Force Base is one of the most interesting aerospace places on earth. Their first supersonic flight in the history was just the beginning.

History becomes real at this popular West Coast attraction, home to WW2 fighter planes, a "Cold War" ICBM and an IMAX 3D journey to the International Space Station.

Ruthless and cunning, Blackbeard the pirate is historically said to have visited locations in both Delaware and Pennsylvania during his career on the Eastern Seaboard.

Conservation areas, farms, and parks provide necessary habitats for birds of farmlands, deserts, mountains, and even shorebirds.

Michael Mann's recent Public Enemies tells essentially the same story as John Milius's 1973 movie Dillinger, but there are differences in approach between them.

The birdcare industry offers a bewildering array of supplies to attract garden birds. This is a guide to the different types of equipment and how to use them.

Male Fiddler Crabs will quite happily protect a female neighbour, but do so partly in exchange for sex, according to a new study from The Australian National University

People who feed birds are upset to find hawks using bird feeders to capture prey. Birds at feeders are as important to the hawks as the seeds are to the smaller birds.

Both larval and adult dragonflies are preyed on. Unwary odonates are fair game as aquatic and flying predators enjoy dragonfly protein in their diets.

The birds in your garden add welcome colour and life. This is a guide to more common visitors to a suburban garden, which children and adults alike will enjoy observing.

Johnny Depp plays Depression-era heroic gangster in Michael Mann's new action-thriller.

An explosive finish to the Rock Hard Stage on Sunday, the high champions of Viking flavoured death metal slay a crowd of thousands!

It's possible to achieve bird control in organic gardens with a variety of natural pest control products and repellents that are harmless to wild birds yet effective.

Indoor and outdoor Halloween decorations look scary and stylish in a spooky black and white color palette.

Some apple cultivars have great resilience to their insect enemies living in the backyard garden. Understand bad apples with this guide to common orchard problems.

The 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, presented by Enzian Theater, recently announced its 160 films for this year's festival.

A traditional harvest-time activity, making a scarecrow is a great project the entire family can do together. Learn how to make one with just a few simple materials.

Visitors to Portland, Oregon, can easily explore nature without a car. The city's MAX lightrail takes you right to the trailhead of two nature preserves

If ever there was a band deserving of an anthology, it would have to be Third Day, the Southern rockers who helped push the Christian music scene onto the playing field.

Johnny Depp stars in this movie about gangsters in the 1930s, and John Dillinger was at the top of the list of bad guys.

Attracting birds to the garden landscape can be easy for gardeners who plant these shrubs that feed and house native bird species.

From the Wright Brothers and biplanes air transportation really took off. In less than a half century men would be traveling through the air faster than sound.

Berried plants are one of the glories of the garden in autumn and winter. At a time of year when flowers are in short supply many woody plants display attractive fruits.

Birdwatching is a fascinating hobby which can be absorbing and entertaining. Bring the birds to you with this guide to setting up your garden to feed the wild birds.

Exclusive to the Americas, the Baltimore Oriole has long been a welcome summer visitor to parks, forest edges, and garden feeders over much of the temperate north.

Recharge your batteries at this peaceful spot nestled in the Red Hills of Georgia and Florida.

Male protagonists abound in books for pre-teens, while lead female characters aren't as common. In these four classic books, girls will find strong female protagonists.

Euphorbias are useful for sustainable garden plantings. Drought tolerant succulent spurges add variety among flower, container or indoor gardens.

An outline of the upcoming theatre season at the Citadel in Edmonton, Alberta.

There is also Pagan belief in the magick or powers of animals in which the positive qualities are emphasized. Totem animals protect, teach and help in other ways.

Mealworms are a complete food for nestlings, a compact package containing both food and water.

Nettles and ivy are a great way to help support a range of birds, mammals and insects so give it a go and discover how easy they are to grow.

Gulf State Park is located along Alabama's coast in Gulf Shores. It contains 6,150 acres, including two miles of white sand beaches, a 900 acre lake, and scrub forest.

Hard-boiled detectives are individuals living outside the bounds of society. Often violent and morose, they nonetheless project an irresistible freedom from conformity.

Attracting birds to your yard is an enjoyable hobby which has other benefits. For example,a bird sanctuary can provide natural insect control for your garden.

Owls are popular birds but among the hardest to see because most are active at night. With a little skill and patience, birders find these elusive raptors.

Located in Corvallis, the Jackson-Frazier Wetland is home to 70 bird species and over 300 flowering plants, a jewel located in an urban area of the Willamette Valley.