An estimated 4 billion birds soar over the United States each fall. Hartig and Merryman are part of an initiative advocating ...

In winter, look for a snow bunting on shorelines, fields and weedy roadsides. In spring, these birds head to their Arctic ...

To attract and identify the types of chickadees in North America, learn about chickadee songs, favorite foods and where they ...

He also founded the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a major force in bird conservation. When pesticides drove the North American peregrine falcon to near-extinction in the 1960s, Tom Cade ...

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Yards and fields will soon become lookout stations for the annual Christmas Bird Count, the world’s largest and longest-running bird census.

The Cornell Lab said the northern bobwhite call is one of the easiest to learn of all bird sounds. “The two sharp whistled notes really do sound like ‘bob-white’ —and the call carries a ...

A Song Sparrow singing in Boston may, to the trained ear, sing a song that varies slightly in tone, pitch, or melody from a bird of the same species in Baltimore. Some species are born with the innate ...

32 x 29.2 x 7.1 cm. (12.6 x 11.5 x 2.8 in.) ...

The Smithsonian “Feather Identification Lab” pinpoints species of birds that are hit by aircraft strikes — all in an effort to improve aviation and bird migration safety. You may not know ...

Equally familiar are the harsh cawing of Crows, squawking of Seagulls, and cooing of Doves. Songs and calls are used as a vital form of communication between birds, to defend territories, attract ...