In the deep quiet of a California night, a silent wing beat passes overhead. The state hosts a remarkable variety of owls, from the ubiquitous Great Horned Owl to the elusive Flammulated Owl, each ...

There's something oddly mesmerising about watching pigeons and doves in British gardens and woodlands go about their daily business. Often dismissed as mundane, these birds reveal surprising ...

Ever dismissed those 'little brown birds' darting around your garden as just plain and ordinary? You're in for a surprise. Take a closer look, and you'll discover a cast of characters with distinct ...

Sparrows are often an overlooked bird, due to their rather drab gray-brown plumage and status as one of the world’s most common birds. However, delving deeper into their symbolic meanings in many ...

The brown thrasher and wood thrush are two bird species native to eastern North America. They have similar plumage patterns, but when you take a closer look, the two birds are quite different in looks ...

The common starling, or just plain-old starling as we like to call it in the UK, is a very beautiful bird. Granted, African starlings have a beautiful iridescent plumage that may rank them higher in a ...

The Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) is one of America’s most eye-catching songbirds. One of seven Oriole species in the US, these colorful birds delight birdwatchers yearly when they return to feed ...

An immense and rare bird, the Steller’s Sea eagle is a true behemoth, weighing almost double that of the Bald eagle. It’s unmistakable with its handsome black and white plumage and tremendous orange ...

North America’s largest native waterbird, the Trumpeter swan, was threatened with extinction in the 1930s, but has since made a dramatic comeback, with more than 63,000 birds recorded in the continent ...

The UK’s most common woodpecker, great spotted woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major) live in woodlands and parklands, but may also be spotted in gardens, visiting peanut feeders. Their striking black, white ...

A familiar sight in gardens across the southern United States, brown thrashers can frequently be spotted busily probing through fallen leaves and scuttling in and out of undergrowth. But what exactly ...

Throughout the UK and Europe, you’ll find several species of tits from the Paridae family, including the Blue Tit and Great Tit. Both of these birds are exceptionally common in the UK and mainland ...