The dark-eyed juncos living on campus are not being faithful, and that’s not the half of it. On the tails of a breeding season that’s seemed more like a telenovela to those closely watching, the ...

DEAR JOAN: For the past couple of weeks, whenever I opened my front door this little bird (a dark-eyed junco, I think) would fly down from somewhere over my door and then chirp a bit and stare at me.

Summer birdwatching can be slow and challenging. The spring migrants have moved through, the fall migrants haven’t returned yet and the winter birds are a few months out from arriving. But what makes ...