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

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

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 ...

Quiet and unobtrusive, the Common Ground Dove walks on the ground in open bushy places in the southern states. If it is startled, it flies up into the brush with a fluttering rattle, showing a short ...

The ghostly, breathy whistle of the Upland Sandpiper is one of the characteristic sounds of spring on the northern Great Plains. The bird sings sometimes from the tops of fenceposts or poles, but ...

Our most beautiful bird of prey, striking in its shape, its pattern, and its extraordinarily graceful flight. Hanging motionless in the air, swooping and gliding, rolling upside down and then zooming ...

Abundant in the southeast and scarce in the southwest. The Black Vulture is a broad-winged scavenger, in low flight, it proceeds with several quick flaps followed by a flat-winged glide; when rising ...

Whether you’re planting in your yard, on a windowsill, or in a public space, you can help create more bird-friendly habitats with native plants. Find the best plants for your area (and where to get ...

One of our tiniest birds, the Golden-crowned Kinglet is remarkable in its ability to survive in cold climates. Nesting in northern forest, wintering throughout much of the continent, it is usually in ...

One of the most ethereal songs in the west, the Canyon Wren is usually heard before it is seen. Surprisingly elusive and skulking even in open terrain, this dark rusty wren disappears and reappears as ...

Found in tropical seas around the world, this long-winged seabird is only a very rare visitor to North America. Most records are from Florida, especially around the islands of the Dry Tortugas, but ...

One of the most numerous wading birds in Florida, and common elsewhere in the southeast. Highly sociable at all seasons, roosting and feeding in flocks, nesting in large colonies. When groups wade ...