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J. Drew Lanham’s Sparrow Envy
It’s National Poetry Month in the U.S., and each year we like to celebrate by sharing our favorite contemporary writers’ work about birds. Ornitholog…
6 months, 1 week ago
Songbirds Migrate Across the Gulf of Mexico
In spring, millions of songbirds — like the Orchard Oriole — migrate north across the Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatan to the southeastern U.S. When …
6 months, 1 week ago
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher nests in the open country of Texas, Oklahoma, and the south-central region. It's an elegant bird with a slender, deeply…
6 months, 1 week ago
American Tree Sparrow
The American Tree Sparrow is a common winter visitor in the northern U.S. Despite their name, these sparrows stay close to the ground. When foraging,…
6 months, 1 week ago
Pigeons Make Milk
Pigeons, one of the most ancient of domesticated animals, feed their nestlings a peculiar, milky substance, straight from the adult’s beak to the bab…
6 months, 1 week ago
Planting Oaks for Birds
Oak trees are an important resource for birds finding insects to feed their young. It takes thousands of caterpillars from an oak tree to raise a sin…
6 months, 1 week ago
Traci Brimhall: Intimacy and the Everyday
April is National Poetry Month in the U.S., so we are featuring some of our favorite poets who write about our feathered friends. Traci Brimhall is a…
6 months, 1 week ago
Finding the Links Between Plants and Birds
There are many great tools for identifying birds, some of them right on your phone. If you’re stumped on an unfamiliar plant species, iNaturalist is …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Cuckoos - Tent Caterpillar Birds
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, one of two species of cuckoos in North America, lives in broadleaf forests throughout the East and riparian stands in the S…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Let The Birds Do The Talking
BirdNote is an independent nonprofit organization, and this week, we’re asking you to support BirdNote with a donation at birdnote.org. But today, ra…
6 months, 2 weeks ago