Many of the dabbling ducks use their flat bills to strain food items from the water, but the big spatulate bill of the Northern Shoveler is adapted to take this habit to the extreme. Flocks of ...
Below, find out which of the birds that nest or spend the winter in your area are most vulnerable across their entire range. Some birds may lose range outside of your state, making the protection of ...
One U.S. hummingbird species truly hunkers down for the winter, and that’s the Anna’s Hummingbird. In the early 1900s, they ...
A swift-flying seabird, extremely graceful and agile in flight. When swimming, it floats buoyantly, and it takes flight from the water easily. Of the three jaeger species, the Long-tail is the ...
Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...
Everything you need to know about our rules and submission requirements. All residents of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Canada (except Quebec) are eligible to enter the 2025 ...
You’re wild about birds and your camera. Now combine your passions by entering the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards. This year, we’re following birds where they migrate and offering new prizes across ...
The cherished annual bird survey has included Manhattan’s largest public space since the very first count on Christmas Day, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Similar in size to a Gray Partridge (13-15", 33-36 cm), the Black Francolin is an introduced game bird in Hawaii, with small populations also living in Florida and Louisiana. The male is distinctive, ...
The Ancestral Lands of the Kaska Dena are teeming with an array of wildlife, including tens of millions of birds. Guided by a combination of Traditional Knowledge and Western science, Kaska Land ...