Take the winning clip in the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards, which shows two Purple Gallinules aggressively fending off an ...

The Americas Flyways Initiative (AFI) is a symbiosis for prosperity that combines cutting-edge applied science and agile ...

As the temperature ticked up toward 90 degrees Fahrenheit on the last Saturday of September, eager fans poured into a usually barren basin in Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, just south ...

Feeding birds makes you happier. It's a scientific fact—one that folks who already provide food for birds know well. Birds can provide countless hours of entertainment. But as much fun as they are to ...

In the first peer-reviewed study of the first three years of data collection, Climate Watch volunteers help determine the impact of climate change to bluebirds and nuthatches. Hundreds of dedicated ...

Solitaires are slim, long-tailed thrushes that perch upright in trees. As the name suggests, they are usually seen alone. Feeding mostly on berries in winter, each bird maintains its solitary status ...

One of the most numerous and widespread diving ducks in North America, especially on inland waters. Can be very active when feeding, diving and surfacing repeatedly. In winter often seen on lakes and ...

Like a slightly larger, longer-billed version of the Purple Finch, Cassin's Finch is a resident of mountains and conifer forests of the West. It is sometimes found at very high elevations, in the ...

Using the best available migration science to protect birds and the places they need across their full annual life cycles. The mission of the Migratory Bird Initiative is to secure the future of ...

Over much of the west, this species is widespread in many habitats at low elevations, often coming into suburban gardens and nesting in back yards within its range. Several other western hummingbirds ...

Was once called 'Common Scoter,' but that name is now restricted to a similar species in the Old World. The Black Scoter is generally seen less often than the other two kinds of scoters in most parts ...