A century of screen history shows how heroic conservationists became tweed-clad caricatures, and when Hollywood finally ...

Across the archipelago, conservationists are deploying new technology and community science to safeguard the hard-won ...

Audubon Southwest and the City of Phoenix are bringing the community together around a shared vision: making Phoenix a place where birds can thrive. The initiative Bird-Friendly PHX invites residents ...

This audio story is brought to you by BirdNote, a partner of the National Audubon Society. BirdNote episodes air daily on public radio stations nationwide. By now, retirees and other people who want ...

Whether you’re planting in your yard, on a windowsill, or in a public space, you can help create more bird-friendly habitats with native plants. Find the best plants for your area (and where to get ...

Seen soaring at a distance over rugged country in the southwest, the Zone-tailed Hawk looks remarkably like a Turkey Vulture. It may be overlooked even by birders who are searching for it. This close ...

Our most beautiful bird of prey, striking in its shape, its pattern, and its extraordinarily graceful flight. Hanging motionless in the air, swooping and gliding, rolling upside down and then zooming ...

Abundant in the southeast and scarce in the southwest. The Black Vulture is a broad-winged scavenger, in low flight, it proceeds with several quick flaps followed by a flat-winged glide; when rising ...

Brought in from Europe as an ornamental addition to parks and estates, the Mute Swan has become naturalized in some parts of North America, mainly in the northeast. Not really 'mute'; its voice is ...

Widespread and common in the tropics, the Gray Hawk enters The United States mainly in southeastern Arizona, where it is limited to cottonwood and mesquite forests along a few streams. It sometimes ...

One of the most ethereal songs in the west, the Canyon Wren is usually heard before it is seen. Surprisingly elusive and skulking even in open terrain, this dark rusty wren disappears and reappears as ...

Along quiet streams or shaded riverbanks, a lone Green Heron may flush ahead of the observer, crying 'kyow' as it flies up the creek. This small heron is solitary at most seasons and often somewhat ...