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The Wild Parrots of San Francisco
Flocks of Cherry-headed Conures, a species native to South America, are now found throughout San Francisco. While a local legend claims that a pet sh…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Albatrosses Saving Albatrosses
Black-footed Albatrosses are masters of the high seas, but their fate is threatened by trouble on land. At their nesting grounds on Midway Atoll in H…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Conserving Wetlands for Black Rails
Black Rails are marsh-inhabiting birds, more often heard than seen. Many Black Rails nest in marshes along the Atlantic seaboard and in the Midwest. …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Voices and Vocabularies: House Finch or Purple Finch
In parts of the United States, House Finches overlap with similar-looking Purple Finches. Their distinct songs help us sort them out. House Finch son…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ornithographies
Photographer Xavi Bou creates incredible images of birds and their movements by combining his love of photography and technology with his love for bi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
New Zealand Bellbird
A forest in New Zealand rings with the sound of bellbirds, also known as Korimako or Makomako. Many bellbirds sing together, especially in the mornin…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Wild Goose Dacha
No human dreams of relaxing on the shores of Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean that’s best known as a Soviet testing site for nuclear…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Value of a Dust Bath
It might sound strange, but dirt helps birds scrub themselves clean. Birds of all sizes, like the Eurasian Skylark, often scrape a depression in the …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ancient Birds Nested in the Arctic, Too
Every summer, millions of birds flock to the Arctic Circle to find mates and raise their young. In a study published in 2025, paleontologists found e…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Female Birds Sing in the Tropics
In temperate climates like North America, it’s often male songbirds that sing the most. Typically the males migrate north before females and establis…
4 months, 3 weeks ago