From the Autumn 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. There is something wonderful about an autumn night; the sharp bite to the air, the rustle of a north wind in the last leaves...

A September expedition to Papua New Guinea confirmed via video the existence of the black-naped pheasant pigeon, a critically endangered species that has not been reported for 140 years.

From the Winter 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. It seems logical that most birds flee the northern regions to overwinter somewhere warmer, such as the tropics. Their feat of...

From the Winter 2017 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Since 1987, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada have partnered on Project FeederWatch to mobilize thousands of...

In this issue: Gifts for bird lovers; clean air is good for birds, too; an inspirational animation; a quiz bird; and more!

The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look...

The Laysan Albatross has the lukewarm distinction of being perhaps the least-threatened member of the most-threatened group of birds in the world. Of the world’s 22 albatross species, 15 are vulner...

A political scientist found that watching birds during lockdown fed her soul and opened up a world of connections—with the natural world and with other people.

From the Autumn 2018 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Fall migration will bring 4 billion birds into the skies over the United States. That’s not a guess—it’s hard data, gleaned from the...

From the Autumn 2020 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Bird beaks come in a dizzying array of sizes and shapes. And as Peter Boag and Peter Grant discovered in the 1970s, bird beaks are...

Photo by Susan Spear/Cornell Lab. For birds, glass windows are worse than invisible. By reflecting foliage or sky, they look like inviting places to fly into. And because the sheer number of windows...

With help from Laura Bush, Fort Worth becomes the first major Texas city to make a full year commitment to turning off lights at night to prevent birds from colliding with buildings.

The governing Council of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) announces three important commitments related to English common names of birds.

Originally published April 2018; updated April 2022. This article also appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Migration is the best time to be a birdwatcher. Twice...

Here are the seven simple things you can do to help birds

A bird of the cold north with a warm reputation, the Common Eider is famous for the insulating quality of its down (typically harvested from nests without harming the birds). Breeding males are sharp...

More than 40 species of birds-of-paradise live in New Guinea's swaths of the Indo-Pacific rainforest region, one of the largest intact tropical forested areas on Earth.

An effort to save migrating birds has taken root in Dallas with support from Laura Bush. Now, Fort Worth activists would like to see the same happen here.

Stout little streaky brownish finch of open, often barren spaces. Easily overlooked. Note warm buffy tones (especially in autumn–winter) and pale bill (grayish in summer, yellowish in winter). Male...

Studies ranging from orchards in Michigan to vineyards in California and New Zealand show that birds including American Kestrels, Barn Owls, and Western Bluebirds are better than chemicals at...