Explore Birds

How a White-throated Sparrow's New Tune Went Viral
July 02, 2020 — A modified dialect of male song began in a local population in western Canada and, in two decades, traveled to birds more than 1,800 miles away.
Bird Songs and Calls
A Mourning Dove at a rehabilitation center.
The Dos and Don鈥檛s of Helping Baby and Injured Birds
June 02, 2020 — Learn how to tell if a bird really needs your help, and what you should do if it does.
About Birds
A native leafcutter bee in a Habitat Hero garden.
Attract Native Bees With a Habitat Hero Garden
May 29, 2020 — Learn how planting native plants can help pollinators in your backyard.
Native Plants
Mason bee.
How to Build a Pollinator House
May 28, 2020 — Attract native mason bees by building a place for them to nest.
Bird Houses
When to Expect Hummingbirds at Your Feeders and Flowers This Spring
May 21, 2020 — Warmer weather is on its way鈥攁nd so are migrant hummers returning from their southern wintering grounds to their summer breeding ranges. Here鈥檚 a regional guide for when they should arrive and the food they鈥檙e seeking.
Bird Migration
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Do You Know Your Yellow-Rumps?
May 20, 2020 — A guide to identifying Yellow-rumped Warbler subspecies and their intergrades.
Bird Identificiation
Rufous Hummingbird.
The Sugar Dome
May 07, 2020 — Watch Rufous and Broad-tailed hummingbirds face off for dominance!
Bird Behavior
Sandhill Crane.
Sandhill Crane Migration & Courtship
April 15, 2020 — Spring is in the air, and that means two things for Sandhill Cranes...
Marsh Wren.
Marsh Wren
January 20, 2020 — A musically talented marsh-dweller.
Category: Get in the Game
November 26, 2019 — The top-scoring binoculars for less than $150.
Binoculars