Author: Marcus Ellery

Starlings symbolize community, communication and adaptability. What a starling in the house is said to mean, the Welsh messenger story, and why the bird carries a shadow side.

What a chickadee sighting means in Native American, Christian, Celtic and East Asian tradition, situation by situation, plus spirit animal and tattoo meanings.

A crow in a dream is read as a messenger, not an omen of death. Here is what each situation means across Christian, Native American, Hindu, Islamic, Celtic and Japanese traditions.

Hawk poop is a chalky white streak sprayed sideways from a perch, with a small dark center and no fur or seeds. Here is how to read it and tell it from owl, crow, and vulture droppings.

An egret sighting is read as patience, purity and fortune that arrives slowly. Here is what each tradition claims, and what a bird in the garden, at your window or at night is taken to mean.

The riddle answer is a carrot, a pun on the rhyme. But if a real orange bird is screeching in your yard, here are the species it is likely to be and how each one sounds.

Seeing a wren means something small is stronger than it looks. Celtic, Irish, Christian and Native American readings, plus what a wren at your window or nest means.

Hummingbirds are never named in the Bible, because they live only in the Americas. What Christians read into the bird, which passages carry it, and what each sighting means.

A white dove is read as peace, purity and a soul at rest across Christian, Native American, Celtic and East Asian belief. What each sighting means, and what the bird actually is.

The male cardinal song is a loud slurred whistle, cheer cheer cheer or birdy birdy birdy, sung from an open perch from late winter. How to tell it from the female’s.