Val Cunningham regularly answers reader questions about birds and birding. Submit your own questions below. Can birds see color? When they look at other birds, do they see them in color, like we do?

It's pretty commonly known that certain colors and plants attract hummingbirds. However, as you are adding more red and other favorite hummingbird hues — they also love orange and yellow — to draw ...

The post Colors That Attract Birds (and a Few That Repel Them) appeared first on A-Z Animals. Birds rely on their eyesight to locate food, water, shelter, and safe places to nest. They are highly ...

The phrase “every color of the rainbow” isn’t quite as all-encompassing as it sounds. For one thing, the color chips in your hardware store’s paint aisle host some colors you’ll be hard-pressed to ...

If optimists see the world through rose-colored lenses, some birds see it through ultraviolet ones. Avians have evolved ultraviolet vision quite a few times in history, a new study finds. Subscribe to ...

(CNN) — Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially flamboyant with hues of emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby. Now, ...

These birds are a veritable rainbow, and you might be able to find them in Alabama this summer. But you’ll need to be sneaky because despite their brilliant colors, painted buntings tend to be ...

Scientists discovered that crow feathers contain hidden ultraviolet communication patterns that humans cannot see.

Birds rely on their eyesight to locate food, water, shelter, and safe places to nest. They are highly perceptive of color, ...