In concerts, YouTube videos, and books, Esteban Valdivia shares how musical artifacts can reveal long-lost knowledge of avian ...

Describing how the titular general of his play Coriolanus conquers his enemies, the Bard wrote: “I think he’ll be to Rome / ...

Apart from mealworms and nest boxes, there are other steps you can take to make bluebirds feel at home. In the fall and ...

In the avian symphony of spring, the Ruffed Grouse plays the timpani. At dawn he takes the stage on a log, stump, or boulder. Bracing himself with his tail, he begins ...

Created to make birding more welcoming to people of all experience levels, from longtime Anchorage residents to visitors discovering Alaska birds for the first time. The Anchorage Birding Trail ...

The Western Grebe is highly gregarious at all seasons, nesting in colonies and wintering in flocks. Their thin, reedy calls are characteristic sounds of western marshes in summer.

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 ...

Since April, Madison Bygrove and Natalie Emerick have been setting up a cutting-edge, continent-wide Motus Audio network to record migrating birds—and having a grand adventure.

Wild Turkeys are spectacular birds, coming in an array of colors and sporting a variety of eye-popping appendages. The wattle—the colorful flap of bare skin hanging from a turkey’s head—may be the ...

Sparrows, juncos, and towhees usually feed on the ground, while finches and cardinals feed in shrubs, and chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers feed in trees. To avoid crowding and to attract the ...

Sitting on my desk is a well-thumbed copy of The Audubon Ark. I have flipped through it countless times, immersing myself in Audubon’s history. The book, which traces the evolution of the organization ...

People often ask me which came first: my interest in drawing birds or watching birds. I have to answer, "both." The two things have always gone together for me, and they complement and support each ...