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 ...

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, ...

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.

Songbird wheatear breeds in the Artic, flies across the Atlantic to spend winter in Africa Friday, February 17th 2012 - 18:49 UTC Full article 2 comments The songbird weighs 25 grams but flies 3.500 ...

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 ...

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

When birders go out of their way to see a bird I don’t think “cuteness” is the motivating factor. Most often when birders gather in one spot it’s to see a rare bird and that is the case with the ...

The isabelline wheatear was spotted in Colyford Common, part of Seaton Wetlands in Devon, on January 1 - and stuck around ever since. Experts say it has ‘overwintered’ in the UK. Recommended Church ...

Also at Headlands last weekend were an osprey, black-bellied plover, sanderlings, Swainson's thrush, and a wind-blown Nashville warbler. I accompanied Jeff Wert to Holmes and Wayne counties, where the ...

In what could be the first-ever sighting of a particular migratory bird species in the Nilgiris, a Kotagiri-based bird watcher has spotted the Isabelline wheatear while monitoring winter avian ...

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 ...

Kannur: A rare species of migratory bird, Pied Wheatear, was recently spotted at Madayipara in Kannur by ophthalmologist and ornithologist Dr. Jayan Thomas. This is the first time there was a record ...