Dapperly dressed in black, white, and glacial gray, the Northern Shrike might pass as any other songbird. But don’t be fooled ...

Species like Roseate Spoonbills and American Flamingos are unforgettable. Learn to identify every pink bird you might spot in ...

One of the most numerous and widespread diving ducks in North America, especially on inland waters. Can be very active when feeding, diving and surfacing repeatedly. In winter often seen on lakes and ...

Not a bird of open prairies, the Prairie Warbler nests mainly in young second growth scrub and densely overgrown fields in eastern North America. Such habitats are often temporary, and colonies may ...

Cowboys sometimes called these owls 'howdy birds,' because they seemed to nod in greeting from the entrances to their burrows in prairie-dog towns. Colorful fiction once held that owls, prairie-dogs, ...

Located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in southeastern Orange County, Starr Ranch Sanctuary is a nearly 4,000-acre preserve owned and operated by the National Audubon Society. About 60 ...

Widespread on Pacific Coast from Alaska to California, but more local in the east, being found mainly off eastern Canada. This large auk sits upright on sea cliffs, looking like a northern version of ...

Birders might say that this blackbird is rusty because it spends so much time in the water. In migration and winter the Rusty Blackbird is usually in swampy places, wading in very shallow water at the ...

The rich, throaty chant of the Chuck-will's-widow, singing its name, echoes through southern woodlands on summer nights. By day, the bird is seldom detected as it rests on horizontal tree limbs or on ...

Despite its plain appearance, this flycatcher is often a favorite among eastern birdwatchers. It is among the earliest of migrants, bringing hope that spring is at hand. Seemingly quite tame, the ...

The only representative of a distinctive tropical family that is found in the United States. The Plain Chachalaca is common in a limited area of southern Texas, where their flocks live in thickets or ...

Like a slightly larger, longer-billed version of the Purple Finch, the Cassin's Finch is a resident of mountains and conifer forests of the West. It is sometimes found at very high elevations, in the ...