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 ...

Our Work Across the Hemisphere A hemispheric approach to bird conservation directs our work to the places where birds need us the most. It recognizes that the majority of bird species in the Americas ...

Native plants database Find Bird-Friendly Native Plants Whether you’re planting in your yard, on a windowsill, or in a public space, you can help create more bird-friendly habitats with native plants.

Whether diving at a 90-degree angle to snatch up fish, coasting over the water with its tremendous wings outspread, or ...

About the Bird: The Blue-winged Warbler thrives in scrubby fields and thickets in the East, poking its bill into clumps of ...

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

The Blackpoll is among the most numerous warblers in far northern forests in summer, and perhaps the most impressive migrant of all our small birds. Every fall, most Blackpoll Warblers make an ...

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 ...

Of the birds classified as perching birds or 'songbirds,' the Common Raven is the largest, the size of a hawk. Often its deep croaking call will alert the observer to a pair of ravens soaring high ...

More than a century of your data powers our science. The nation's longest-running community science bird project fuels Audubon's work throughout the year. The Christmas Bird Count occurs December 14 ...

Audubon Florida works from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle, the beaches of Northeast Florida to the cypress forests of the Western Everglades to protect birds and the places they need. We strive to ...