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Bird of the Week: Purple Martin
This week's featured bird, the purple martin, is the largest North American swallow. It's also one of the most popular backyard birds, in large part because
Bird of the Week: Red-Bellied Woodpecker
This week's featured bird, the red-bellied woodpecker, often seems misnamed. While both males and females do have a light red or pink wash low on the abdomen,
Bird of the Week: Red-Billed Streamertail
This week's featured bird, the last of Hummingbird Month, is a stunner of a hummer: the red-billed streamertail is aptly named for its bright red bill and the
Bird of the Week: Red-Breasted Nuthatch
This week's featured bird, the red-breasted nuthatch, is a tiny bundle of energy that happily - and hungrily - visits backyard feeders for suet, peanut butter,
Bird of the Week: Red-Tailed Hawk
This week’s featured bird is the first of Raptor Month and one of the most widely distributed and most common birds of prey in North America: the red-tailed
Bird of the Week: Red-Winged Blackbird
For many birders, the sounds of spring are the vibrant songs and cheerful calls of their favorite migrating birds, and there is no call in North America more
Bird of the Week: Ring-Billed Gull
This week's featured bird is a French fry fan - you've probably seen the ring-billed gull in parking lots near fast food restaurants, eager for a handout or any
Bird of the Week: Rock Pigeon
This week’s featured bird is one that even non-birders recognize but which gets a bad reputation it doesn’t deserve: the rock pigeon. Tremendous pigeon flocks
Bird of the Week: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
What's black and white and red all over? Bad jokes aside, this week's featured bird - the rose-breasted grosbeak - is a stunning songbird, and the males are
Bird of the Week: Roseate Spoonbill
This week's featured bird gives us a taste of the tropics: the roseate spoonbill is common in South America, but also has established populations in southern
Bird of the Week: Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
This week's featured bird is a hyperactive midget, the ruby-crowned kinglet. Despite their diminutive size, these birds rule their patches of forest with
Bird of the Week: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
We kick off our Hummingbird Month this week with the most familiar hummer of them all as our featured bird: the ruby-throated hummingbird. This hummingbird,
Bird of the Week: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Bird of the Week: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Bird of the Week: Ruddy Duck
This week’s top bird is a top-notch duck, the ruddy duck. With its bold breeding plumage, large head and unmistakable stiff tail, this is an easy bird to
Bird of the Week: Rufous Hummingbird
This week’s featured hummingbird, the second in our month of hummingbirds, is the most aggressive species of hummer: the rufous hummingbird. I’m fortunate
Bird of the Week: Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
Bird of the Week: Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
Bird of the Week: Snow Bunting
January is the coldest time of the year for many northern birders, but this week's featured bird, the snow bunting, would be right at home in even the chilliest
Bird of the Week: Snowy Owl
Harry Potter fans will immediately recognize this week’s featured bird, the snowy owl. This brilliant white owl is an amazing bird, not only for its stunning
Bird of the Week: Snowy Owl
Bird of the Week: Snowy Owl
Bird of the Week: Song Sparrow
This week's featured bird is a little brown job that is more often recognized by its beautiful voice than by its variable markings: the song sparrow. While its
Bird of the Week: Sooty Shearwater
Pelagic birds may seem to be rare because of their out to sea lifestyle, but this week's featured bird, the sooty shearwater, is actually one of the most
Bird of the Week: Spotted Towhee
This week's featured bird is perfect for Halloween: the brilliant orange, black and white plumage and piercing red eyes of the spotted towhee is a beautiful
Bird of the Week: Steller’s Jay
This week's featured bird is blue and a jay, but it's not the bird that might come immediately to mind. The Steller's jay is the western equivalent of the blue
Bird of the Week: Summer Tanager
This week's featured bird is perfect to celebrate the official beginning of summer: the summer tanager. With its brilliant plumage - red for males and yellow
Bird of the Week: Swainson's Thrush
Brown and nondescript, this week's featured bird - the Swainson's thrush - is the plainest of the wood thrushes, but its rising pitch, spiraling song is one of
Bird of the Week: Swallow-Tailed Hummingbird
This week's featured bird, our last for this year's Hummingbird Month, is another South American beauty: the swallow-tailed hummingbird. Elegant and graceful,
Bird of the Week: Tree Swallow
Bird of the Week: Tree Swallow
Bird of the Week: Tufted Titmouse
This week's featured bird is the bold and friendly tufted titmouse. Strikingly colored with overall blue-gray or gray plumage, white underparts and rusty
Bird of the Week: Turkey Vulture
As we wrap up Raptor Month, this week’s featured bird – the turkey vulture – is known for “wrapping up” meals other animals have left behind. These scavenging
Bird of the Week: Vermilion Flycatcher
This week's featured bird, the vermilion flycatcher, is an unmistakably bold and beautiful flycatcher. In a family of relatively drab birds, the striking red
Bird of the Week: Violet-Capped Woodnymph
There are more than 300 species of hummingbirds in the world, but only a very few - less than 5 percent - ever venture far into North America. This week, our
Bird of the Week: Violet-Green Swallow
Just as the world is turning green for spring again, we've got a beautiful green bird to feature - the violet-green swallow. This bird's emerald green plumage
Bird of the Week: Western Meadowlark
This week’s featured bird, the western meadowlark, is bold in color and voice. With a mottled plumage and striking yellow chest with a thick black pendant
Bird of the Week: Western Scrub-Jay
This week's featured bird has to be my all-time favorite: the western scrub-jay. Similar to blue jays in the east, this western bird is vibrantly colored and
Bird of the Week: What Do YOU Want?
Bird of the Week: What Do YOU Want?
Bird of the Week: White-Breasted Nuthatch
This week's featured bird is an elegant and agile one: the white-breasted nuthatch. As the largest and most widespread of the North American nuthatches, this is
Bird of the Week: White-Throated Sparrow
This week's featured bird is the white-throated sparrow, a very aptly named little brown job with a bold white throat and a sweet whistling song. Common in
Bird of the Week: Wild Turkey
We're talkin' turkey with this week's featured bird - wild turkeys, that is. The wild turkey is a proud and beautiful game bird found throughout the United
Bird of the Week: Wild Turkey
Bird of the Week: Wild Turkey
Bird of the Week: Wilson's Snipe
Bird of the Week: Wilson's Snipe
Bird of the Week: Wood Duck
This week's featured bird is one of the most easily recognized and distinctive waterfowl in the world: the wood duck. The male's bold, multi-colored plumage has
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Rumped Warbler
This week's featured bird, the yellow-rumped warbler, is the most common winter warbler in North America, and its bright colors and cheery song often remind us
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Throated Warbler
Bird of the Week: Yellow-Throated Warbler
Bird of the Week: Your Choice!
The Bird of the Week is a relatively new feature and to date we’ve highlighted a range of different species, from woodpeckers to jays to song birds to geese.
Bird of the Week: Zebra Finch
Bird of the Week: Zebra Finch
Bird of the Week:Black-Capped Chickadee
This week's featured bird is sure to make you smile even on the dreariest winter days: the black-capped chickadee. Always friendly and feisty, this small bird
Bird of the Week:White-Crowned Sparrow
Sparrows are too often overlooked by birders who consider them just
Bird's Nest Starts Church Fire
Bird's Nest Starts Church Fire
Bird-Eating Frog Found in Asia
More than 160 new species have been discovered in the Mekong River region of southeast Asia in the past year, according to CNN.com. Among them is a bird-eating
Bird-Friendly Cities Encourage Nesting
Birmingham in West Midlands, United Kingdom is a bustling metropolis, but a pair of endangered black redstarts have successfully raised a family without any
Bird-Friendly Landscaping - Landscaping Tips to Attract Birds
The best way to attract birds to your backyard is with a bird-friendly landscape. These tips can help you choose the right trees, flowers, shrubs and overall landscape design to attract a wide range of birds.
Bird-Friendly Morning Brews
There are many easy ways to be a green birder, and one of the most effective is being aware of the environmental impact of non-bird related products that you
BirdLife Australia - Overview of BirdLife Australia
Overview of BirdLife Australia, including a history of the bird conservation organization, the type of work they do for bird preservation today and the benefits of becoming a member.
BirdProject Soaps – Bird Conservation Soaps
Review of BirdProject Soaps, an eco-conscious product that helps support the rescue and rehabilitation of birds affected by the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill.
Birdbath - Definition of a Birdbath
Defines the terms
Birders Barred From Birding
The princess parrot is one of the most elusive and beautiful of Australia's native parrots with its green plumage, pink throat and red bill. To the delight of
Birders Beware of Rabies Outbreak
Central Park is one of the best birding locations in the United States, with nearly 200 different species visiting the park throughout the year. Birders need to
Birders Needed to Help Track Avian Pox
Birders Needed to Help Track Avian Pox
Birders Petition for Pesticide Ban
According to a recent news release, the American Bird Conservancy is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency for a ban on imported crops that contain
Birders Versus Picnickers
Birding is only one enjoyable outdoor hobby, and there are many others: hiking, photography, camping and more, and many of these hobbies coexist harmoniously
Birders, Be Thankful
Millions of birders have birds on their mind this week in the United States, but it has nothing to do with birding and everything to do with the turkeys, geese
Birdfeeders - Easy Types of Birdfeeders
Three types of birdfeeders that are easy to use for all backyard birds.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 1
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 2
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 3
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 4
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 5
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 6
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 7
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 8
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeders - How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder - Step 9
Step by step process for effectively cleaning a hummingbird or nectar feeder.
Birdfeeding on a Budget
The Associated Press has reported a dramatic increase in the cost of nyger seed, one of the most popular seeds for finches and other backyard birds. Nyger seed
Birdhouse Hole Dimensions - Birdhouse Hole Sizes
Preferred birdhouse hole diameter sizes for common backyard nesting birds. Includes tips for how to increase or decrease hole sizes.
Birdhouse Safety Tips
Twelve tips for safe and attractive birdhouses.
Birdhouses Help Build Homes
Putting up a birdhouse can do more than just provide nesting space for birds. As part of the Tahlequah Area Habitat for Humanity’s annual spaghetti dinner on
Birding / Wild Birds, - Profiles
An index of Profiles for the Birding / Wild Birds guide site.
Birding / Wild Birds: What is RSS?
Birding / Wild Birds What is RSS
Birding Acronyms - Acronyms and Abbreviations for Birders
Explanations and a list of birding acronyms useful for field notes, texting reports and filenames, including bird species acronyms and other popular birding acronyms.
Birding Basics
Learn how to get started birding and how to be a better birder with these basic tips and techniques covering everything from pishing and keeping a birding journal to building your life list and following birding ethics.
Birding Destinations
Overviews and tips for the best birding destinations worldwide, from specific states and countries to specific bird preserves, nature reserves, aviaries and other places to see birds.
Birding Ethics
Details on the ethics of bird watching and birding best practices.
Birding Etiquette - Etiquette Tips for Birders
Etiquette tips for birders in groups or individually.
Birding Festivals in June - June Bird Festivals
Early summer is an ideal time for birding, and many birding festivals in June offer unparalleled opportunities to see summer birds. This directory of June bird festivals includes dates, locations and festival highlights for each event.
Birding Festivals in June - June Bird Festivals
Early summer is an ideal time for birding, and many birding festivals in June offer unparalleled opportunities to see summer birds. This directory of June bird festivals includes dates, locations and festival highlights for each event.
Birding Festivals in May - Bird Festivals in May
Directory of birding festivals in May, including dates, locations and brief descriptions of festival features. Festivals are listed chronologically and include links to additional information.
Birding Festivals in May - Bird Festivals in May
Directory of birding festivals in May, including dates, locations and brief descriptions of festival features. Festivals are listed chronologically and include links to additional information.
Birding Festivals in May - Bird Festivals in May
Directory of birding festivals in May, including dates, locations and brief descriptions of festival features. Festivals are listed chronologically and include links to additional information.
Birding Glossary
Being familiar with common birding terms and their definitions will help you enjoy birding with ease and expertise. This collection of terms is continuously updated to provide a valuable reference for both beginning and advanced birders. Here you can look up specific birding terms alphabetically, or check out the related vocabulary lists below for collections of terms relating to your favorite birds.
Birding Goes High Tech
The days of birders toting well-thumbed field guides and notebooks along as they bird are changing, thanks to a range of new iPhone apps, according to USA
Birding Organizations
Birding organizations are more than just groups of birders, they are focal points for bird conservation, education and more. Learn about different organizations and which one is best for you to join to help protect birds.
Birding Projects for Kids - Bird-Related Projects for Children
Five unique birding projects for children, including study questions.
Birding Provides Economic Boost
It doesn’t cost much to be a birder – a pair of binoculars and a field guide can be less than $30 – but according to a report by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Birding Supplies
Birding does not require a lot of equipment, but these tips for choosing the right supplies can help you be properly prepared for finding, identifying and enjoying all the birds you see.
Birding Supplies - Birding Magazines
Overviews of popular birding and bird watching magazines.
Birding Supplies - Choose Your Best Field Guide
Tips for choosing an appropriate field guide as a tool to identify birds.
Birding Supplies - Gifts for Birders
Gift ideas for birders.
Birding Thrills at Coney Island
Birding Thrills at Coney Island
Birding Travel
Tips for birding travel and avitourism, including the best birding hotspots around the world, how to plan a birding trip, bird festival overviews and how to make the most of any birding travel.
Birding Volunteers Needed
If you went birding with Mrs. Bruce Reid in 1933, you’d have been fortunate enough to spot both male and female ivory-billed woodpeckers. While we can't go back
Birding Volunteers Needed for Count
The annual Cape Cod Lake and Pond Waterfowl Survey will take place on December 6 and birding volunteers are needed to help record the different ducks, geese and
Birding Volunteers Needed in Canada
The Canadian Migration Monitoring Network is seeking volunteers in the spring and fall to help track migratory birds. According to the Winnipeg Free Press, more
Birding Volunteers Neededfor Fourth of July
Birders can have a fabulous Fourth in Indian Shores, Florida by volunteering at the Seacoast Seabird Sanctuary to help protect black skimmer chicks when they
Birding and Wild Birds
Information on birding and wild birds including bird profiles, necessary supplies, bird identification, attracting birds, birdfeeders, birdhouses, birding travel and bird conservation.
Birding at the Zoo
Birders who don’t have the time or means to travel the world seeking unique birds have a rare opportunity at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park in
Birding for Kids
Ideas to get kids interested in birding and wild birds, from unique projects for kids to homeschool lessons to fun and games.
Birding in Iraq
Too often birders only pay attention to local or regional birds, forgetting that there are more than 10,000 bird species in the world. Maj. Randel Rogers of the
Birding in Jamaica - Tips for Birding in Jamaica - Caribbean Birding
Jamaica is a great birding destination, and these tips can help visiting birders make the most of their trip to Jamaica.
Birding in Nevada - Tips for Nevada Birding
Nevada is a desert oasis for birders, with more than 460 recorded bird species. These tips for birding in Nevada, including suggested equipment and birding hotspots, can help birders plan a great getaway.
Birding in Texas
Birding in Texas
Birding in Utah
Registration for the 11th Annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival has begun. The festival is May 14-18 and offers more than 60 workshops, field trips and
Birding on Vacation - Finding Birds Away From Home - Birding Travel
Tips for how to find good birding locations on vacation or otherwise while traveling. Includes online resources for researching birding travel.
Birdola Stacker Stand and Cakes
Review of the Stacker Stand and Stacker seed cakes from Birdola, an innovative design for feeding a wide variety of backyard birds.
Birds Abandon Nests and Chicks in Florida
As Florida's Lake Okeechobee shrinks because of water use, endangered snail kites are abandoning their nests - and their fledgling chicks. According to
Birds Add to Home Values
Birds Add to Home Values
Birds Angry at Extinction
Birds Angry at Extinction
Birds At Night - Where Do Birds Go At Night?
Discusses where birds go at night, including how birds sleep as well as night migration and night singing.
Birds Before Football
A recent decision by the Kauai Interscholastic Federation has moved high school football games from Friday nights to Saturday afternoons in an attempt to
Birds Causing Power Outages
Seattle City Light upgraded many of its power poles recently with better lightning strike protection, but those upgrades have failed to protect the birds.
Birds Choose Best Berries
A recent study of migratory bird diets found that birds tend to choose the most nutritious berries with extra antioxidants as fuel for their long journeys.
Birds Don't Like Grape Candy
Most birds may not be picky eaters, but at least the birds taking up residence at Bentonville High School's Tiger Stadium in Arkansas don't care for grape
Birds Dying at Gas Station
Birds Dying at Gas Station
Birds Freeze at Mexico Zoo
More than 40 birds were killed by bitter cold at the Chihuahua Zoo in Aldama, Mexico over the weekend. According to CNN, a devastating string of circumstances
Birds Have No Borders
Too often when birders are concerned about conservation they consider only local sanctuaries and bird habitats. While donations to these facilities are
Birds Sing Insults
Birds Sing Insults
Birds That Eat Fruit - Fruit for Birds
List of most common bird species that eat fruit, including what fruits are most popular to feed birds and tips for how to feed birds fruit.
Birds That Eat Nuts - What Birds Eat Nuts
Learn which birds eat nuts and what you can do to offer nuts as a reliable food for your backyard birds. Includes a list of bird species that eat nuts as well as how nuts provide valuable nutrition to birds.
Birds That Eat Nyjer - What Birds Eat Nyjer
Nyjer is a popular birdseed, but if you fill your feeders with it, what birds will you have visiting? Dozens of familiar birds will eat Nyjer seed.
Birds That Eat Suet - What Birds Eat Suet
If you offer suet at your bird feeders, what birds will eat it? Includes a list of birds that eat suet in North America and Europe, plus tips for feeding birds suet.
Birds That Use Bird Houses - What Birds Use Bird Houses
A list of bird species that use bird houses or nest boxes in North American and Europe, including tips for how to attract birds to bird houses.
Birds Used to Control Squirrels
Every backyard birder knows how troublesome squirrels can be around birdfeeders, but in Contra Costa County, California, birds are going to be causing trouble
Birds Warn of Earthquakes
Birds Warn of Earthquakes
Birds a Barometer for Climate Change
According to a study reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, birds can be a barometer for climate change because of their sensitivity to changing habitats. As
Birds and Blueberries
Birds and Blueberries
Birds as Mothers
Every spring birders have the opportunity to witness just what great mothers birds can be as female birds patiently incubate their broods and care for the young
Birds of Australia Eighth Edition – Australia Bird Field Guides - Field Guide Reviews
Review of
Birds of Europe: Second Edition – Field Guide Reviews – Birding Field Guides
Field guide review of
Birds of Nepal: 867 Species
With the addition of two recently sighted birds never before recorded in the country, the total number of bird species seen in Nepal has risen to 867. According
Birds of Prey
There are many types of birds of prey in the world, but they are all powerful hunters and scavengers. From hawks to eagles to owls, these birds of prey are beautiful birds that many birders strive to see in their native, natural habitats.
Birds of the Week: Scaups
This week we're featuring two birds, though even many experienced birders have difficulty telling them apart: the greater scaup and the lesser scaup. These
Birds of the Week:Clark's and Western Grebes
This week we're featuring two birds, though they can be so alike that even experienced birders have difficulty telling them apart: Clark's grebes and western
Birdscapes 2-in-1 Triple Tube Feeder – Bird Feeder Reviews
Review of the Birdscapes 2-in-1 Triple Tube Feeder from Perky Pet, a large, versatile seed feeder suitable for any size backyard flock.
Birdscapes Garden Sip and Seed Bird Feeder – Bird Feeder Reviews
Review of the Garden Sip & Seed Bird Feeder from Perky-Pet, a dual design that allows both food and water to be offered from matching feeders.
Birdscaping – What Is Birdscaping – Bird Landscaping
Defines the term “birdscaping” as it applies to creating a bird-friendly habitat to attract birds to your backyard.
Birdseed - All About Birdseed
Learn all you need to know about birdseed, from the different types to how to grow your own birdseed to feed backyard bids. Includes tips for storing birdseed, choosing the best seed and how to tell if birdseed is bad.
Birdseed Company Fined for Pesticides
Birdseed Company Fined for Pesticides
Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson – Birder Biographies – Roger Tory Peterson
Review of
Birdwatching and Birding - Which is Which?
Are you a birdwatcher or a birder? Even though the terms are often used interchangeably, there are subtle differences between them.
Bird’s Eye View
Birds don’t see the world as you and I do; they see it better. In a column for the West Volusia Beacon, Lynn Bowen discusses the amazing adaptations of birds’
Black Friday Deals for Birders
Savvy birders who enjoy savings can find great deals on different types of birding equipment and supplies on Black Friday if they know what to look for. These tips can help you take advantage of Black Friday deals for birding supplies and gifts.
Black Oil Sunflower Birdseed
Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
Black Oil Sunflower Seeds - What Is Black Oil Sunflower Seed - Growing Birdseed Sunflowers
All about black oil sunflower seeds as birdseed, including which birds eat sunflower seeds, nutritional information and how to grow your own birdseed sunflowers.
Black Skimmer - What Is a Black Skimmer
Detailed bird profile of the black skimmer: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for seeing black skimmers.
Black Swan - What Is a Black Swan
Detailed bird profile of the Black swan: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes information about where to see black swans.
Black Vulture - What Is an American Black Vulture
Detailed bird profile of the black vulture: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for seeing black vultures.
Black-Billed Streamertail
Black-Billed Streamertail
Black-Capped Chickadee - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Black Capped Chickadee
Black-Capped Chickadee - What Is a Black-Capped Chickadee
Detailed bird profile of the black-capped chickadee: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting black-capped chickadees to your backyard.
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird - What Is a Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Detailed bird profile of the black-chinned hummingbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting black-chinned hummingbirds to your backyard.
Black-Crowned Night-Heron - What Is a Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Detailed bird profile of the black-crowned night-heron: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract black-crowned night-herons.
Black-Headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
Detailed bird profile of the black-headed grosbeak: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to see black-headed grosbeaks.
Black-Throated Mango
Black-Throated Mango
Blackburnian Warbler - What Is a Blackburnian Warbler
Detailed bird profile of the blackburnian warbler: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting blackburnian warblers to your backyard.
Blue Crane - What Is a Blue Crane - National Bird of South Afria
Detailed bird profile of the blue crane: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation threats to the species.
Blue Jay - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Blue Jay
Blue Jay - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Blue Jay
Blue Jay - What Is a Blue Jay
Detailed bird profile of the blue jay: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting blue jays to your backyard.
Blue Jay Range Map – Bird Map for the Blue Jay
North American bird range map for the blue jay, showing the species' overall territory divided into breeding, non-breeding and year-round ranges. Includes discussion of where to find blue jays.
Blue Tit - What Is a European Blue Tit
Detailed bird profile of the blue tit: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for attracting blue tits.
Blue Tits Practice Aromatherapy
European researchers have found that blue tits choose plants commonly used for their medicinal aromatherapy properties to line their nests, therefore giving
Blue-Footed Booby Visits New Mexico
Birders near Conchas Lake in New Mexico are happy to have the blues after sighting a juvenile blue-footed booby at the lake, northwest of Tucumcari, in late
Blue-Throated Hummingbird
Blue-Throated Hummingbird
Blue-Throated Hummingbird - : Your Hummingbird Photos
Share your hummingbird photos and see what photos of these beautiful flying jewels other readers have taken.
Bluebird Boxes Destroyed, Reward Offered
Eastern bluebirds are often favored by birders, but near Seneca Lodge in Montgomery County, Maryland, a bluebird nesting box was recently destroyed and the
Bohemian Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing - What Is a Bohemian Waxwing
Detailed bird profile of the bohemian waxwing: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting bohemian waxwings to your backyard.
Bohemian Waxwing Range Map – Bird Map for the Bohemian Waxwing
North American bird range map for the bohemian waxwing, showing the species' overall territory. Includes discussion of where to find bohemian waxwings.
Booby – Definition of a Booby
Defines the term
Book Review – A Bobwhite Killing by Jan Dunlap
Book review of
Book Review – A Year on the Wing by Tim Dee
Book review of “A Year on the Wing” (2009) by Tim Dee.
Book Review – Birding Lite by Stan Dryden
Review of
Book Review – Birdology by Sy Montgomery
Book review of
Book Review – Flyaway by Suzie Gilbert
Book review of “Flyaway” (2009) by Suzie Gilbert.
Book Review – Life List by Olivia Gentile
Book review of Life List (2009) by Olivia Gentile.
Book Review – Murder on Warbler Weekend by Jan Dunlap
Book review of “Murder on Warbler Weekend” (2009) by Jan Dunlap.
Book Review – The Art of Bird Finding by Pete Dunne
Review of
Book Review – The Big Year by Mark Obmascik
Review of
Book Review – The Boreal Owl Murder by Jan Dunlap
Book review of “The Boreal Owl Murder” (2008) by Jan Dunlap.
Book Review – The Great Penguin Rescue by Dyan deNapoli
Review of
Book Review – Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien
Book review of “Wesley the Owl” (2008) by Stacey O’Brien.
Book Review: "Superdove" by Courtney Humphries – Books About Rock Pigeons
Review of the book
Book Review: First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story by Noriko and Don Carroll
Book review of “First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story” (2006) by Noriko and Don Carroll.
Book Review: Of the Wing – The Legend Awakes by Georgia Anne Butler – Of the Wing Trilogy
Book review of
Book Review: The North American Bird Coloring Book by Sally MacLarty and David Hutley
Book review of
Boreal Owl - What Is a Boreal Owl
Detailed bird profile of the boreal owl: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting boreal owls to your backyard.
Boreal – Definition of a Boreal Habitat
Defines the term “boreal” as it relates to habitat and boreal birds.
Botulism Ducks Recovered
The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center released 55 mallards and one egret that had been infected with botulism back to the wild at the Talbert Regional Park in
Botulism Kills Birds at Great Salt Lake
An avian botulism outbreak is responsible for the deaths of 20,000-50,000 birds at the Great Salt Lake, according to an Associated Press story. Despite those
Braving the Cold
You know you’re dedicated to your backyard birds when you shovel around your birdfeeders, refill them and clear space for perches – all during a snowstorm.
Breast Spot – What Is a Breast Spot
Defines the term
Brilliant Goldfinch - : Your American Goldfinch Photos
Share your American goldfinch photos and see what photos of these beautiful goldfinches other readers have taken.
Britain Celebrates Nest Boxes
Today is the beginning of National Nest Box Week, an annual event organized by the British Trust for Ornithology. Since 1997, the event - which runs from
Broad-Billed Hummingbird
Broad-Billed Hummingbird
Broad-Billed Hummingbird - What Is a Broad-Billed Hummingbird
Detailed bird profile of the broad-billed hummingbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting broad-billed hummingbids to your backyard.
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird - : Your Hummingbird Photos
Share your hummingbird photos and see what photos of these beautiful flying jewels other readers have taken.
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird - What Is a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Detailed bird profile of the broad-tailed hummingbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting broad-tailed hummingbirds to your backyard.
Broad-Winged Hawk - What Is a Broad-Winged Hawk
Detailed bird profile of the broad-winged hawk: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation history and tips for broad-winged hawks.
Brood Parasite – What Is a Brood Parasite
Defines the term “brood parasite” as it relates to bird reproduction, including how being a parasite benefits bird and harms host nests. Includes examples of brood parasite species.
Brood Patch - Definition of a Brood Patch
Defines the term
Brood – Definition of a Brood
Defines the term “brood
Brown Creeper - What Is a Brown Creeper
Detailed bird profile of the brown creeper: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for how to attract brown creepers to your backyard.
Brown Inca
Brown Inca
Brown Pelican - What Is a Brown Pelican
Detailed bird profile of the brown pelican: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction.
Brown Pelicans Officially Preserved
After nearly 40 years on the endangered species list, the brown pelican has officially been removed from that classification, according to the Wall Street
Brown Pelicans’ Illness a Mystery
Hundreds of brown pelicans have been dying in the past few weeks along the California coast, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The birds are appearing
Brown Violet-Ear - Colibri delphinae
Detailed bird profile of the brown violet-ear: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract brown violet-ears.
Brown-Headed Cowbird - What Is a Brown-Headed Cowbird
Detailed bird profile of the brown-headed cowbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract brown-headed cowbirds, as well as how to discourage them where they are not wanted.
Buck and Wood Ducks - : Your Wood Duck Photos
Share your wood duck photos and see what photos of these beautiful ducks other readers have taken.
Buff-Bellied Hummingbird
Buff-Bellied Hummingbird
Buff-Bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
Detailed bird profile of the buff-bellied hummingbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract buff-bellied hummingbirds.
Bufflehead - What Is a Bufflehead
Detailed bird profile of the bufflehead: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract buffleheads.
Build a Bird Feeder
If you aren't out birding this weekend and need to keep busy over the holiday, why not make a bird feeder? Chris Baylor, our About.com Guide to Woodworking, has
Build a Birding Tool
Build a Birding Tool
Building Bird Houses
If you want to build a bird house, knowing the right dimensions and other factors to create an attractive, safe house is essential. Birds may not be too picky about where they nest, but building the best bird house possible will give you a better chance of attracting feathered residents.
Bullock's Oriole - What Is a Bullock's Oriole
Detailed bird profile of the Bullock's oriole: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting Bullock's orioles to your backyard.
Burglars Caught on Bird Cam
Backyard birding can help your home security, at least when your feeder cam catches crooks in the act. According to MidHudsonNews.com, a Kinderhook homeowner
Burning for the Birds
When most birders hear about wildfires, they imagine a tragic loss of bird habitat and food sources. While raging fires are certainly destructive, they can also
Burrowing Owl Wants a Vacation
Cruise ships can be luxurious vacation spots, but they're not usually good birding destinations - except for Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. Just hours
Burrowing Owls to Be Evicted
The housing market is getting tighter for burrowing owls in Antioch, California, as developers prepare to block resident owls' nesting holes. According to the
Buteo - Definition of Buteo
Defines the term
Buzz Cut Cardinal - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cache – Definition of a Cache and Caching
Defines the term “cache” as a noun and a verb.
Cage Bird Feeder Review – Squirrel Proof Selective Seed Feeder From Duncraft – Bird Feeder Reviews
Review of the Squirrel Proof Selective caged seed feeder from Duncraft, a clever and efficient feeder designed to exclude squirrels and large birds.
California Airports to Kill Birds
California Condor - What Is a California Condor
Detailed bird profile of the California condor: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information for these endangered raptors.
California Condor News Stories - Latest News About California Condors
News stories featuring California condors, including releases, lead poisoning, captive breeding results and other topics about these critically endangered birds of prey.
California Condors Released
Four new California condors are flying in Arizona skies today, according to the San Jose Mercury News. The birds were released today at the Vermilion Cliffs
California Quail
California Quail
California Quail - What Is a California Quail
Detailed bird profile of the California quail, the state bird of California: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting California quail to your backyard.
California State Parks Closing
California State Parks Closing
Call for Bird Conservation Artwork
Virginia's Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is hosting an artwork contest to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on May 8. According to Delmarva
Call for Cardinal Photos
Northern cardinals, with their brilliant plumage and bold personalities, are irresistible to even the most casual photographer, particularly this time of year
Call for Florida Birders
Experienced Central Florida birders with proper field equipment are asked to volunteer for a winter bird survey this Saturday at the Ferndale Preserve. Birders
Call for Photos
Do you love woodpeckers? Is there a red-headed woodpecker constantly at your suet feeders or a downy woodpecker drumming on nearby trees? Does that pileated
Call for Wood Duck Photos
Wood ducks are one of the most photogenic duck species in the world, with the male's painted plumage and the female's more subtle beauty. Now is your chance to
Calling All Lurkers
Are you curious to learn more about birding and wild birds? This daily blog is all about bird-related news, but there is so much more I offer for every birder
Calliope Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird - What Is a Calliope Hummingbird
Detailed bird profile of the calliope hummingbird: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting calliope hummingbirds to your backyard.
Can Birding Be a Crime?
A Massachusetts birder, Paul Peterson, was arrested recently in Saugus after residents where he was birding reported him as peeping into homes with his
Can Cats and Birds Co-Exist?
In a recent Examiner article, Melissa Kruse examines whether house cats are a threat to wild birds. While feral cats are indeed a threat, they are not, in fact,
Can Flooding Help a Spill?
As the oil disaster in the Gulf continues to grow and affect more critical wildlife habitats along the shore, the threat to wild birds also continues to rise.
Can Volcanic Ash Harm Birds?
With the ongoing eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland still a worldwide concern even as airline flights in Europe resume, conservationists are
Can a Raven “Quoth”?
I’m not much of a poetry reader, but every October I dust off my slim volume of poems by Edgar Allan Poe and turn to “The Raven.” Not only is it classic
Canada Geese Fill Food Banks
Canada geese are a common nuisance bird in many urban parks, and elaborate control techniques are often used to limit goose populations. When methods like sound
Canada Goose - What Is a Canadian Goose
Detailed bird profile of the Canada goose: appearance, foods, habitat, migration, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips on attracting Canada geese to your backyard.
Canada Goose With Babies - : Your Bird Family Photos
Canada Goose With Babies
Canadian Provincial Birds - Official Birds of Canada - Province Birds of Canada
List of the official provincial birds of Canada.
Cannabis - Not for Ducks
Ducks will eat a lot of things, but a French duck farmer has learned that cannabis - marijuana - is not the best food to offer. According to the Daily Mail,
Canvasback - What Is a Canvasback Duck
Detailed bird profile of the canvasback: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction.
Captive Bali Mynahs Return Home
Captive Bali Mynahs Return Home
Captive House Finch Seized
Authorities in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania have seized a captive female house finch from the home of Pati Mattrick. According to LancasterOnline.com, Mattrick
Captive Kestrel on the Loose
Captive Kestrel on the Loose
Captive Wood Duck - : Your Wood Duck Photos
Share your wood duck photos and see what photos of these beautiful ducks other readers have taken.
Cardinal Daddies - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cardinal Feeding Fledgling - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cardinal Pair - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cardinal and Bluebirds - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cardinal and Maple Flowers - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Cardinal at a Dish Feeder - : Your Northern Cardinal Photos
Share your northern cardinal photos and see what photos of these beautiful birds other readers have taken.
Carnivorous - Definition of Carnivorous - Carnivore
Defines the term “carnivorous” as it applies to birds, including different types of carnivores and species examples.
Carol of the Birds (And Other Christmas Tweets) – Bird Music by AniMelodies
Review of the Carol of the Birds (And Other Christmas Tweets) holiday music CD by AniMelodies.
Carolina Chickadee - What Is a Carolina Chickadee
Detailed bird profile of the Carolina chickadee: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for attracting Carolina chickadees.
Carolina Wren - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Carolina Wren in Winter
Carolina Wren - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Carolina Wren in Winter
Carolina Wren - What Is a Carolina Wren
Detailed bird profile of the Carolina wren: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for attracting Carolina wrens.
Carp Competing With Waterfowl
If a lake is teeming with fish, an initial assumption might be that the lake is perfect for birds because of the generous food supply. The opposite is true at
Carrion - Definition of Carrion
Defines the term
Carson Lake Wetlands – Birding Nevada – Fallon Birding
Review of birding at the Carson Lake Wetlands in Fallon, Nevada. Includes tips for visiting birders and examples of bird species likely to be seen.
Carson River Diversion Dam – Birding Nevada – Fallon Birding
Review of birding at the Carson River Diversion Dam in Fallon, Nevada. Includes tips for visiting birders and examples of bird species likely to be seen.
Carved Pumpkin Bird Feeder - Easy Bird Feeder Projects
Recycle carved pumpkins into this easy bird feeder or use a fresh pumpkin to make two feeders at once with the same simple steps.
Cassin's Finch
Cassin's Finch
Cassowary Escapes, Closes Zoo
Cassowary Escapes, Closes Zoo
Causes of Bird Die-Offs - What Kills Flocks of Birds
Bird die-offs occur for many reasons, both natural and artificial, and these
Cavity-Nesting – Definition of a Cavity-Nesting Bird
Defines the term
Cedar Waxwing - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Cedar waxwing perched in the snow.
Cedar Waxwing - What Is a Cedar Waxwing
Detailed bird profile of the cedar waxwing: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting cedar waxwings to your backyard.
Cedar Waxwing Identification - Adult Cedar Waxwing
How to identify an adult cedar waxwing, including a detailed diagram of all prominent field marks.
Cedar Waxwing Identification - Cedar Waxwing in Flight
How to identify a cedar waxwing in flight, including a detailed diagram of all prominent field marks and a discussion of flight pattern.
Cedar Waxwing Identification - Juvenile Cedar Waxwing
How to identify a juvenile cedar waxwing, including a detailed diagram of all prominent field marks for young birds and a discussion of how they differ from adult cedar waxwings.
Cedar Waxwings - : Your Winter Bird Pictures
Cedar Waxwings
Celebrate Vultures
Today is International Vulture Awareness Day, a day to celebrate the more than 20 species of vulture around the world and to educate people worldwide about the
Celebrate Vultures!
Celebrate Vultures!
Celebrate Winter Birds’ Survival
Birding is fun in any season, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Celebrate Urban Birds program is sponsoring a winter Survival Challenge. Birders can submit a
Celebrating Birds Through Art
Birding can be beautiful in the spring with the bold breeding plumage of many colorful species, but birders interested in even more beautiful birds should visit
Celebrating Migration
Spring is an exciting time of year to be a birder as migratory birds arrive at their breeding grounds, show off their breeding plumage and begin to raise their
Cell Phones Aren’t for the Birds
According to the Associated Press, a pelican at the Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls, Idaho swallowed a cell phone that had been dropped into an exhibit pool.
Cere – What Is a Cere – Bird Anatomy
Defines the term “cere” as part of a bird’s anatomy.
Channel Island Murre Chicks Hatch
Channel Island Murre Chicks Hatch
Charting Nature – Bird Artwork and Gifts – Gifts for Birders
Review of bird artwork products from Charting Nature, including framed prints and note cards.
Chasing Rare Birds
Chasing Rare Birds
Cheap Oil Has a High Price for Birds
Prices at the pump may be lower than they have been for months, but devastating petroleum development techniques that help lower energy prices can cost millions
Chernobyl Birds Have Smaller Brains
Long term exposure to high radiation levels near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant is causing birds' brains to shrink, according to a new study of more than
Chicago Architect is Bird-Friendly
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang Architects, have received a PETA's Proggy Award from the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals for the
Chickadees, Tits & Nuthatches
Detailed bird profiles of small, active climbing birds including chickadees, tits, titmice and nuthatches. Each profile includes photos of the bird and descriptions of key markings, reproductive habits, diet, range, habitat, voice, conservation and tips for attracting the birds to backyards.
Chihuahua Versus Owl
A chihuahua had a close call with a great horned owl in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, when the dog nearly became the bird's next meal. According to
Chimney Swift - What Is a Chimney Swift
Detailed bird profile of the chimney swift: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting chimney swifts to the appropriate habitat.
Chimney Swift Range Map – Bird Map for the Chimney Swift
North American and South American bird range map for the chimney swift, showing the species' breeding and non-breeding territories and general migration range. Includes discussion of which habitats chimney swifts prefer inside that range.
Chin – What Is a Bird's Chin
Defines the word
Chipmunk Chatter Affects Nesting Birds
Chipmunk Chatter Affects Nesting Birds
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Chocolate for the Birds
New Morning Natural & Organic and the Heritage Hotel are pleased to present Chocolate Underground on February 6 as a benefit to support the programs of the
Choose Birding Binoculars - How to Choose Binoculars for Birding
Tips for choosing binoculars suitable for birding, including what features to examine for practicality, comfort and price.
Choose a Bird Feeder - Tips for Choosing Bird Feeders
With thousands of bird feeder designs available, how do you know which one is best for your birds? These tips can help you choose the right bird feeder based on which birds you want to feed, what foods you offer, feeder size, construction materials, design and more.
Choose a Birding Organization to Join - How to Pick a Birding Organization to Join
Tips for choosing the best birding organization to join that will suit your needs and preferences. Includes factors to consider when joining a birding organization.
Choose a Birding Tour - How to Choose a Bird Tour
Tips for how to choose the best birding tour for your preferences, including how to determine your bird tour goals and what tours will fit.
Choose a Field Bag - How to Choose a Bag for Birding
Tips for how to choose a field bag to meet your birding needs. Includes where to buy birding field bags and alternatives to field bags.
Chow Down With Birds
Celebrate Urban Birds, a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is sponsoring the Bird Chow Challenge for avian enthusiasts. Participants can submit a
Christmas Bird Count - What Is the Christmas Bird Count
Details on the annual Christmas Bird Count, including how the count is organized and how to participate.
Christmas Bird Count Results
The annual Christmas Bird Count period has ended, and count results are continuing to be filed with the National Audubon Society. While results vary widely
Christmas Bird Counts Coming Up
There is no denying that the Christmas season is here, and for birders, that means getting out the warm gear and cleaning the binoculars in preparation for the
Christmas Bird Counts to Begin
Christmas Bird Counts to Begin
Chukar - What Is a Chukar Partridge
Detailed bird profile of the chukar: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for attracting chukar partridges.
Cinnamon Teal - What Is a Cinnamon Teal Duck
Detailed bird profile of the cinnamon teal: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes conservation information and tips for how to attract cinnamon teal ducks.
Cities Given Bird-Friendly Grants
Cities Given Bird-Friendly Grants
Clapper Rails Released in California
For many birders, all rails are elusive, hard-to-find species, but clapper rails are more sought after than most. Clapper rails are secretive and well
Clark's Grebe - What Is a Clark's Grebe
Detailed bird profile of the Clark's grebe: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for finding Clark's grebes while birding.
Clark's Grebe or Western Grebe - How to Identify Grebes
Tips for how to identify Clark's grebes and western grebes by appearance, range, voice and other characteristics. Includes an identification quick reference table.
Clark's Nutcracker - What Is a Clark's Nutcracker
Detailed bird profile of the Clark's nutcracker: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting Clark's nutcrackers to your backyard.
Clay-Colored Sparrow
Clay-Colored Sparrow
Clean Feeder Laws Dropped
Clean Feeder Laws Dropped
Cliff Swallow - What Is a Cliff Swallow
Detailed bird profile of the cliff swallow: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for observing these swallows and attracting them to your backyard.
Cliff Swallow Nests Destroyed
Dozens of cliff swallows were killed after their nests were knocked down May 18 in a city park in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to ABC15.com, the nests were
Cloaca – Definition of Avian Cloaca
Defines the term
Cold Snap Killing Birds
Record cold temperatures in San Francisco are killing birds, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Recent mornings have seen the area's coldest temperatures
Collecting Window Collision Victims
When most birders find a victim of a window collision, they focus on either helping the injured bird or disposing of the dead bird safely. Jeremy Kirchman,
Colonial – What Is a Colonial Bird
Defines the term “colonial” as a type of bird nesting behavior, with examples of colonial bird species and the benefits of being colonial.
Colorado Teen Kidnaps Baby Birds
A 15-year-old boy in Longmont, Colorado removed 53 baby birds including barn swallows and sparrows from nests around his neighborhood and kept them in his
Colorful Wood Duck - : Your Wood Duck Photos
Share your wood duck photos and see what photos of these beautiful ducks other readers have taken.
Colors That Attract Birds - Use Color to Attract Birds
Learn what colors attract birds and how to add color to your landscape for attracting birds. Includes which colors attract specific types of birds.
Commercial Birdseed Mix
Commercial Birdseed Mix
Common Bronzewing - What Is a Common Bronzewing
Detailed bird profile of the common bronzewing: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting common bronzewings to your backyard.
Common Goldeneye - What Is a Common Goldeneye
Detailed bird profile of the common goldeneye: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting common goldeneyes in the right habitat.
Common Grackle - : Your Bird Family Photos
Common Grackle
Common Kingfisher Comeback
Common Kingfisher Comeback
Common Loon - What Is a Common Loon
Detailed bird profile of the common loon: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for observing these divers in the wild.
Common Nighthawk - What Is a Common Nighthawk
Detailed bird profile of the common nighthawk: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting common nighthawks and seeing them in the field.
Common Raven - What Is a Common Raven
Detailed bird profile of the common raven: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior, voice and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting ravens to your backyard.
Common Redpoll - What Is a Common Redpoll
Detailed bird profile of the common redpoll: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes tips for attracting common redpolls to your backyard.