Just because a bird is numerous doesn't mean it's familiar to the general public. If you told your neighbor you'd just seen ...

the ring-necked duck, the green-winged teal, the northern shoveler, and the snow goose. North Carolina Wildlife says the only other confirmed case in wild birds was in Buncombe County. Last month ...

Commonly known as the ring-necked or rose-ringed parakeet in reference to the band around the male birds' necks, Psittacula krameri is native to Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. To pinpoint the ancestral ...