Across the archipelago, conservationists are deploying new technology and community science to safeguard the hard-won ...

A century of screen history shows how heroic conservationists became tweed-clad caricatures, and when Hollywood finally ...

Audubon Southwest and the City of Phoenix are bringing the community together around a shared vision: making Phoenix a place where birds can thrive. The initiative Bird-Friendly PHX invites residents ...

In partly open terrain of the west, from valley farms and orchards to clearings in mountain pine forest, the Western Bluebird is often common. In summer it is often seen perching alone on fence wires ...

Widespread in the Old World, the Great Cormorant was once an uncommon and local breeder in a limited area of eastern Canada. In recent decades its North American population has gone through a great ...

The Surf Scoter is common in winter on both coasts; on Pacific Coast, often seen around fishing piers and harbors. The male's strong head pattern earns the species the hunters' nickname of 'skunk-head ...

A large, dark forest grouse of inland regions of the western U.S. and Canada. Until recently, the Dusky Grouse and the Sooty Grouse were considered to make up one species under the name Blue Grouse.

All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing ...

Many of North Americas migratory warblers seem to lead double lives, and the Cape May Warbler is a good example. It summers in northern spruce woods, but winters in the Caribbean, where it is often ...

A big boreal finch, uncommon but widespread in spruce and fir forests of the North and the high mountains. It is often absurdly tame, allowing very close approach; ironically, this sometimes makes it ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

One of the smallest gulls to be found in North America. Delicate in flight, the Bonaparte's Gull suggests a tern more than it does the larger gulls. It differs from large gulls in other ways as well: ...