The cherished annual bird survey has included Manhattan’s largest public space since the very first count on Christmas Day, ...

Try your hand at sketching birds in the field. Start by capturing overall posture and shape, then take your time to fill in ...

One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take ...

In the keen evening light, a Bald Eagle skirted the rushing current, dropped down within inches, and reached in for a fish. “It’s dinnertime,” said Preston Cook, watching from the patio of his ...

This dusty-looking chickadee lives in spruce forest of the North, mostly north of the Canadian border. A hardy permanent resident, it survives the winter even as far north as the Arctic Circle. Like ...

The Bald Eagle Is Finally, Officially Our National Bird—Thanks to This Man Preston Cook’s love of the iconic raptor has led to a collection of 40,000 objects and, now, a quest to finally bring the ...

It is my opinion that they who have given so much importance to the cry of this bird, as to believe it to be mainly instrumental in ensuring the safety of other species, and in particular of Ducks, ...

On a sunny afternoon on the Pacific coast, Rhys Newman was sketching a pair of California Gulls when he had a realization. As an independent designer and birder who helps companies like Casper and ...

The dark profiles of the Rocky Mountains loom against a star-studded sky. Amy Seglund, a species conservation program manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, hikes up a steep trail inlaid with rocks ...

The killing games were coming to an end. At the turn of the 20th century fewer sportsmen were participating in bygone Christmas Day “side hunts,” competitions in which hunters would split into teams ...

Millions of years ago, scaly, lizard-like dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...