Despite its name, the wheatear has absolutely nothing to do with ears of wheat. Instead, the name is a corruption of an Anglo-Saxon phrase meaning “white-arse”, from the bird’s bright white rump, ...

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 ...

A rare Arctic visitor came to Lane River Bridge in South Sutton on May 3.A female northern wheatear was seen and photographed there and leads to Rare Bird Alert for New Hampshire for this week.These ...

The Wheatear, in Maltese Kuda, is another common spring visitor that is rather common from March to May and from August to November. It is occasionally recorded in winter and in June. There are ...

The sharp-eyed northern wheatear is a songbird that weighs a mere 25 grams, about the same as two tablespoons of flour. With its spindly legs, its muted white, brown and black colour, who would think ...

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.

Adult female Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina (protonym, Saxicola isabellina), also known as the Isabelline chat, photographed at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania (Africa). Image: Dan ...

Around this time of year, birders Senthilnathan S and Srivathsan Nagarajan are habitues of the Adyar Estuary, the Broken Bridge side of it. Any birder in Chennai worth his salt would be. The Adyar ...

Panaji: In a rare sighting that thrilled local birders, a juvenile pied wheatear (oenanthe pleschanka) was spotted earlier this month at the Verna industrial estate. The small migratory songbird, less ...