This demystified Mystery Bird includes a charming essay written by the photographer about how this bird got its strange name Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe, also known simply as the Wheatear, ...

This bird had personality, too. It seemed to revel in its starring role, posing erect on a wire fence, basking in the evening sun, hawking a gnat from the air, and lording it over the half-dozen or so ...

Your chances of setting out and finding a northern wheatear in Tennessee are practically nil. In fact, no one had even documented one in Tennessee until Tony King of Lenoir City discovered one on Nov.

A surprise Northern Wheatear: Ever heard of a wheatear? If you haven’t, here’s a hint - it’s a bird. Does that help? Earlier in the month I wrote a column about spotting an American White Pelican ...

Lumbini, March 30 -- three years after its first recorded appearance in Nepal, northern wheatear, a rare migratory bird species, has been sighted again. The discovery comes exactly 24 days after the ...

Birds that spent their summer next to musk oxen are now leaving Alaska to spend winter with zebras. Northern wheatears are robin-size songbirds with tan bodies and handsome black eye bands. Wheatears ...

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Michaela Strachan presents the northern wheatear. With their black masks, white bellies, ...