The annual summary of the Christmas Bird Count has been published in a variety of forms since the count's inception in 1900. Until the 112th CBC, results were either published in print ...

A one-of-a-kind bird blind and observation tower Avis Spiralis, or “spiral bird,” is a one-of-a-kind bird blind and observation tower at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary designed and ...

In less than a decade amateur photographer and Hummingbird Spot founder Carole Turek has photographed more than 250 ...

In this mural by artist Majo San, an American Woodcock peers out from a landscape of native New England aster and gray dogwood. As part of the Audubon Mural Project—a public-art initiative drawing ...

Like a vagrant species in a neighborhood park, the documentary Listers recently appeared out of nowhere and caused an immediate buzz among birders. The feature-length film, available for free on ...

Charles Wurster pens a personal account of how the Environmental Defense Fund took down the most notorious pesticide in history. What the public didn’t—and still might not—know is that the fight ...

It’s no secret that shrikes are formidable predators. The grayscale songbirds of the open country might look as harmless as mockingbirds, but these black-masked “butcherbirds,” as they’re known, pack ...

The Greater Honeyguide is the Jekyll and Hyde of birds. At least, that’s how Claire Spottiswoode tells it. The zoologist from the University of Cambridge has spent the past eight years studying the ...

Sooner or later, every birder visits the Sunshine State. The subtropical habitats of its southern peninsula provide homes for several species found nowhere else in the United States, from Snail Kite ...

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 ...

Setting out to record birdsong for the first time can be a surprisingly risky endeavor. “There’s a danger whenever anybody picks up recorders and headphones,” warns Donald Kroodsma, who has written ...