Birds that end up far from home, like the New York common cuckoo, are known as “vagrants.” They’re fairly common during ...

A golfer's casual photo has ignited a birding gold rush, with enthusiasts traveling from across the country to catch a ...

Birders have been flocking to Riverhead since Friday hoping to see the rarest bird spotted in New York in a long time, the common cuckoo.

A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said.

Most birds spend hours, days, or even weeks painstakingly building their nests. Some birds make nests out of mud, some build nests in trees, and some birds nest on the ground and simply scrape out a ...

Many people in other parts of the U.S. also have reported making special treks to the region in hopes of seeing it ...

JOHNSTON — The common cuckoo is such a rare sight in this part of the world that it doesn’t show up in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s guide to birds in North America. The Audubon Society’s handbook ...