In this mural by artist Farid Hadechini, titled “A Flight of Colors,” a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and American Tree Sparrow ...

The House Wren is a familiar and lively neighborhood bird with a rich bubbling song, subtly patterned brown plumage, and a ...

The Baltimore Oriole flashes its brilliant colors from high up in the trees of open woods and groves in the East, singing out ...

From their unusual anatomy to their nesting behavior, Chimney Swifts are among the strangest of our common avian species. The ...

As humans have transformed the natural environment, abundant birds have suffered the most—while some rare species have ...

Albatrosses, petrels, and other ocean-dwellers can stay hydrated without fresh water. The key? Little glands above their eyes ...

Welcome to the Montezuma Audubon Center, a state-owned facility operated through a cooperative agreement between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the National Audubon ...

Almost all of our sandpipers migrate in flocks and nest on the ground, but the Solitary Sandpiper breaks both rules. In migration, as its name implies, it is usually encountered alone, along the bank ...

Located in the Village of Catskill, this compact sanctuary contains over 436 acres of tidal marsh and swamp, upland forests and fallow farm fields. Access to the Hudson River is possible by canoe or ...

For a month the researchers had traversed slender mountain ridges, crossed and re-crossed rivers that roared through canyons cloaked in tropical forest, and endured bloodthirsty mosquitoes and leeches ...

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 ...