With dusky plumage accented by delicate pink, the bird may seem like a perfect fit for the holiday — but scientists aren’t drawn to them for their romantic hues. In reality, Maxfield said ...

Throat, breast, and flanks dusky brown, paler on center of belly ... During fall, in the East, very large aggregations of thousands of birds form locally in late summer. Passage peaks late ...

Winter adult: head and neck with fine dusky streaking and spotting ... often dark wash basally (most heavily marked birds look dark-tailed); tail band sometimes broken subterminally by whitish ...

Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...

Department of Conservation kākāriki karaka operations manager Wayne Beggs told Morning Report the birds have been declared ...