A haven for birds in upstate New York.A Vital Network of Wetlands Welcome to the Montezuma Audubon Center, a state-owned facility operated through a cooperative agreement between the New York State ...

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.

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 ...

From their unusual anatomy to their nesting behavior, Chimney Swifts are among the strangest of our common avian species. The ...

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

As humans have transformed the natural environment, abundant birds have suffered the most—while some rare species have ...

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 ...

A sharply marked little bird of the arid zones. Black-throated Sparrows are very common in parts of the Southwest, even in some relatively barren flats of creosote bush where few other birds occur; ...

A common sight across much of North America, the Killdeer is full of surprises. Though it’s considered a shorebird, the species is often found far from the beach. And despite its modest stature, ...

Feeding birds makes you happier. It's a scientific fact—one that folks who already provide food for birds know well. Birds can provide countless hours of entertainment. But as much fun as they are to ...

The Greater Honeyguide is the Jekyll and Hyde of birds. At least, that’s how Claire Spottiswoode tells it. The zoologist from the University of Cambridge has spent the past eight years studying the ...