For the past few weeks, the prospect of seeing two of Georgia’s — and the nation’s — most spectacularly flying bird species has been drawing birders, including me, to some old agricultural fields near ...

Welcome to the first installment of “The Coolest Birds.” When I launched Paste Magazine with friends back in 2002, it was about our collective passion—for music, film, books and culture. As we’ve ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory bird species that can be seen in Florida for a portion of the year. Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, often congregating in ...

Sleek, graceful, pearly-gray 15-inch-long falcon-like birds with three-foot wingspans, black tails and red eyes — Mississippi kites, as the name suggests, typically inhabit southern climes. In 2007, ...

May 13, 1978 was a big day for birders Frank Bader and Milton Rinehart. While poking around Green Lawn Cemetery on Columbus’s south side, they discovered Ohio’s first record of Mississippi kite. I’m ...

Mohammad Saud (left) is one of two bird-saving brothers profiled in the documentary All The Breathes. Above, he and his employee and friend Salik Rehman tend to an injured kite. The tale of two ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Spring is a great time to allow your spirit to take flight. Whether you enjoy bird watching, kite flying or star gazing, this weekend offers opportunities to explore the skies ...

The tale of two brothers saving hundreds of birds — the carnivorous black kites injured by glass-coated strings on kites flown in the skies of Delhi — was nominated for an Academy Award this year. The ...