Winter hummingbirds in the Gulf
How backyard feeders and devoted volunteer banders along the Gulf coast are rewriting what we know about hummingbirds in winter Read More “Winter hummingbirds in the Gulf”
Science
Discoveries about birds, behaviors, migration, and more. Plus, Eldon Greij’s popular column, “Amazing Birds.”
The house effect
Houses built in prairies, forests, and scrubland have a predictable, dramatic effect on birds — but why? Read More “The house effect”
In search of nightjars
How summertime surveyors are helping scientists replace speculation with reliable data about nightjars Read More “In search of nightjars”
Planes, birds, microscopes, and DNA
Smithsonian scientists do more than investigate bird-aircraft collisions – they push the limits of bird identification Read More “Planes, birds, microscopes, and DNA”
Climate change and Carolina Wrens, Gray Jays, Adelie Penguins, and other birds
What the birds we enjoy are telling us about the health of our planet Read More “Climate change and Carolina Wrens, Gray Jays, Adelie Penguins, and other birds”
How the ability to perceive ultraviolet light permits birds to see what human eyes cannot
Think feathers are colorful? You’re seeing only half the story Read More “How the ability to perceive ultraviolet light permits birds to see what human eyes cannot”
Banding owls in Saskatchewan during the great irruption of 2004-05
Last winter’s owl invasion brought bird banders in Saskatchewan face to face with a one-of-a-kind beauty Read More “Banding owls in Saskatchewan during the great irruption of 2004-05”
Iowa egg collection reveals past birds, history of oology, and birth of bird conservation
Cabinets discovered in an Iowa farmhouse sheltered both a labor of love and an avian treasure chest Read More “Iowa egg collection reveals past birds, history of oology, and birth of bird conservation”