Birds

Birds
Audubon Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

The "flame bird" is one of North America's most unusual looking waders.

By the Audubon Editors
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Turn Your Yard into a Hummingbird Spectacular

Make smart plant choices your backyard can host these tiny miracles (and help scientists).

By Scott Weidensaul
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Remarkably Curious and Intelligent, Crows and Ravens Deserve a Closer Look

A new book offers a look at the lives of these smart, charismatic birds.

By John Marzluff and Tony Angell/Photography by David Liittschwager
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Night Lights May Affect Urban Birds

Birds exposed to artificial light in cities get an early start to mating season.

By Daisy Yuhas
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A Comeback for the Passenger Pigeon?

A new project aims bring a famous bird back from extinction.

By Brandon Keim
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What Makes Bird Vision So Cool

The way birds see the world at large is vastly different from the way we do.

By Tim Birkhead
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Audubon Magazine

What Do You Call a Group of Birds?

Collective nouns are a mixture of poetry, alliteration, and description.
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Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Editor's Note

At Audubon, we try to focus on solutions rather than problems. 
By David Seideman
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Audubon Magazine

Audubon View

The Christmas Bird Count isn't just fun—it provides crucial information about our country's birds, too.
By David Yarnold
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Audubon Magazine

Art of Seduction: Some Birds’ Exotic Breeding Attire Goes Beyond Flashy Feathers

For wild turkeys, Atlantic puffins, and a slew of other species, finding a mate is a colorful affair.
By James Parry
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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An Industrial Brownfield In Ohio Gets a Makeover Fit for Birds

Columbus, Ohio, isn’t exactly known as a birding mecca. But an Audubon Center, located a mere mile from downtown, is attracting avian species galore—and people, too. 
By Greg Breining
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Why Do Waterbirds Land In Parking Lots?

To some bird species, car lots mimic water bodies, leading to avian strandings. 
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Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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