The trademark white rump patch is usually hidden by the long wings, which are a clue to this bird's long migrations. Many fly annually from Canada's Arctic islands to the southern tip of South America ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, migratory birds fly north in the spring in search of food and nesting habitat. In the fall, they fly south, retreating from the cold temperatures and food shortages that ...

This piece, written by a historian and biographer of John James Audubon, is the first in a series of pieces on Audubon.org and in Audubon magazine that will reexamine the life and legacy of the ...

Super Bowl Sunday is here. The Seattle Seahawks are great football players and all, but their team name got us wondering: What do we really know about the seahawk? Here are some fun facts—and fictions ...

If you’ve ever witnessed a Pileated Woodpecker chiseling away at a tree trunk, you might have wondered if all that wood pecking was taking a toll on the tree. Pileated nest holes, after all, can ...

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A chunky, short-legged sandpiper, wearing a bright harlequin pattern in summer, dark brown in winter. The Ruddy Turnstone nests on high arctic tundra of North America and Eurasia, and winters along ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

A small, graceful marsh tern, black and silver in breeding plumage. In its choice of surroundings, the Black Tern leads a double life: in North America in summer it is a typical bird of freshwater ...

Marshall Johnson serves as Audubon’s Chief Conservation Officer. In this role Marshall leads Audubon’s strategic conservation efforts across the Western Hemisphere, overseeing science, policy, state ...

We blend science and policy work to protect important habitat throughout Alaska for people, birds, and wildlife since 1977. Our office is located within Dena’ina ełnena, but our work spans the ...

From the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Upstate to the sandy coasts and tidal marshes of the Lowcountry, Audubon South Carolina protects birds and the places they need — today and tomorrow — through ...