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

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

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 ...

We humans may no longer need constellations for navigation, but birds still rely on the stars for directions. Or, they try to. All too often, buildings’ light pollution washes out the night sky. Lost ...

We connect people to the beauty and significance of the Mississippi River and the Great Rivers confluence. Using science, education, and public engagement, we connect people to the beauty and ...

Often the most common and widespread gull in North America, especially inland, and numbers are probably still increasing. Sociable at all seasons; concentrations at nesting colonies or at winter ...

All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing ...

Every year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and south in the fall, the majority of them flying at night, navigating with the night sky. However, as they pass over big cities on their way ...

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an annual bird census powered by volunteers that takes place between December 14 and January 5 each year. Participation is free and open to bird enthusiasts of any ...

A widespread towhee of the West, sometimes abundant in chaparral and on brushy mountain slopes. For many years it was considered to belong to the same species as the unspotted Eastern Towhees found ...

This big cinnamon-colored sandpiper inhabits the northern Great Plains in summer. When it leaves the prairies, the Marbled Godwit goes to coastal regions and becomes quite gregarious. Large flocks ...

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 ...