Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...

Birders are seeing a Tufted Duck in Callifornia, a Black-headed Gull in New Jersey, a Little Gull in New York, a Smooth-billed Ani. All of these are bird species seldom seen or hard to find in North ...

National Bird Day 2025 highlights how bird population changes reveal environmental stress and ecosystem health worldwide.

The bird world is a fascinating — and strange — place. From a bird with claws on its wings to another bird's ability to recognize human faces, there's a lot of interesting things to know about various ...

In the early 1900s, the situation for wild turkeys was dire. “Turkeys were eradicated from 18 of the 36 states that they had previously been found in,” Taylor Finger, game bird ecologist for the ...

What Does a Northern Cardinal Bird Look Like? It’s hard to resist a northern cardinal bird. They’re lively, bright and amazing songsters. Amid the browns, blues and greens of the natural world, ...

Most are familiar with flocks of migratory birds soaring through the skies in autumn and spring. But what do we know about them apart from the fact they migrate? We've dug up some astonishing facts ...

Have you had the joy of seeing a bald eagle? How about a Carolina wren? These birds were once unusual sightings for the Lower Hudson Valley — but these species have been spotted more and more ...