5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (14+ words) Photos of Sandhill Cranes taken by Kelly Isley in Wilcox, Arizona in January 2025...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (973+ words) As the sun descends below the horizon, the desert terrain comes to life. This arid world, made up of hardy brush and thorny plants, is the domain of the Elf Owl, a tiny hunter who reigns over the scrubland. While…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (20+ words) Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)?...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (244+ words) This post is republished in our "From the Archives" series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10, 000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so." Insider tip: For Madera Canyon camping, I stay in the Bog…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (625+ words) The Verdin is one of the smallest and most captivating songbirds of the American Southwest. They are resilient desert dwellers wrapped in soft gray feathers and crowned with a flash of brilliant yellow. At just four inches long, it's easy…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1077+ words) David Tomlinson has been interested in birds for as long as he can remember, and has been writing about them for almost as long. An annual highlight is hearing his first cuckoo of the year at home in Suffolk, England,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (110+ words) A rationale for the split can be found here " the paper emphasizes the importance of small islands as drivers of speciation. To add to the complexity, the Ornate Sunbird itself has seven subspecies, some of which look indeed quite distinctive....

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (300+ words) This post is republished in our "From the Archives" series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10, 000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so." The cactus are not the only things down here that are…...

4+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (318+ words) This post is republished in our "From the Archives" series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10, 000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so." For today, I am going to try to cover just the…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (365+ words) The Mountain Chickadee is a well-known resident of higher altitudes. Compact, it has a classic black cap, gray back, pale underside, and the bib of chickadees. Its most distinctive feature is the bold white eyebrow stripe above the eye" that…...