That metallic sheen that appears on birds like grackles or hummingbirds? Not a recent development. Scientists have examined 40-million-year-old fossils that show iridescent feathers...
The fifth and final week of a long month has arrived. September is knocking on our doors, people! How are you going to answer?...
A world-renowned bird artist describes his trek through the Sumatran rain forests to find an elusive trogon. Doesn’t that sound cool? You can find...
How does one end up with a Great Blue Heron in one’s bathroom? Or spending hard-earned cash on medication for a Wild Turkey with...
Gunnison’s Sage-Grouse, a grassland galliform that puts on a serious show during mating season, has lost nearly 90 percent (and counting) of its habitat...
Rat Island, part of the Aleutians in Alaska, had been infested with rats since a Japanese ship wrecked there in the 1700s. It is...
How was your weekend? Any good birds? Tell us about your best bird. My birding this weekend was pretty rotten. Seth and I hit...
I don’t think birds would actually dig this.
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