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In a newsletter mailed in February 2012, we asked readers to share memorable experiences with one or more nightjars -- Common Pauraque, Chuck-will's-widow, Eastern and Mexican Whip-poor-wills, Buff-collared Nightjar, and Common Poorwill. We printed a...

A bird on the wing is beautiful, but many birds on wing can be downright captivating, as the photos below show. We found them in our photo galleries . Submit your flock photos to our galleries. Read about the many collections of...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. We've removed all access restrictions on our website. From now until Sunday, you and everyone else -- non-subscribers as well as subscribers -- can view everything...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Welcome to Day 2 of our open house! You may know by now that we've dropped all access restrictions on our website. From now until Sunday, you and everyone...

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Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Tomorrow's the day! That's when we throw open the front door to this website, dropping all access restrictions, so that everyone -- non-subscribers as well...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. I'm happy to announce that, for a limited time, we're throwing open the front door to this website, dropping all access restrictions, so that everyone -- non...

The average young person spends more than 53 hours per week connected to electronic media -- more absorbed in the digital world than the natural world -- and Wild Birds Unlimited and the National Audubon Society are taking action. For the sixth...

We love Common Terns. You can find them flying, feeding, tending young, or loafing near lakes and rivers and along coastlines across the continent. The photos below are from our photo galleries . Enjoy the images! Submit your photos to our...

Magnolia Warbler is one of the most boldly marked spring migrants. We selected the super photos below from our online galleries . We hope you like them! And don’t forget to submit your own ! Read about the many collections of bird photos...

If you've whiled a few minutes (or hours) enjoying the thousands of photos in our galleries, you've surely seen the work of MiaM , one of our most prolific and talented contributors. Since joining the website in November 2009, she has posted more...

It’s that time of year! Are any birds nesting near you already? The photos below are from our online galleries . They show birds building and sitting in their nests, and tending to their young. We hope you enjoy them! Submit your photos...

Presidents, past-presidents, and other officers of the American Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Neotropical Ornithological Society, Association of Field Ornithologists, and other groups gathered in February in Dallas to discuss...

We’ve found beautiful images in our online galleries of Reddish Egrets fishing and spreading their wings. Take a look below and leave a comment to let us know what you think! Submit your photos to our galleries. Have you...

This photograph and blog post come from Contributing Editor Laura Erickson. Laura's column "Attracting Birds" -- about attracting, feeding, sheltering, and understanding the birds in your backyard -- appears in every issue of BirdWatching...

Plumage that’s white as snow, bright yellow lores, a black bill, and golden slippers make Snowy Egret one of our favorite waders. We don’t think we’ll ever tire of watching it! We found the five photos below in our online galleries...

Researchers studying homing pigeons like these have overturned a long-held belief about birds' navigational abilities. Photo courtesy Keays, et al. Scientists have thrown cold water on the theory that iron-rich nerve cells in birds' bills...

Red-winged Blackbirds vocalize loudly and defend their territories fiercely. It was hard to narrow our collection of portraits down to five, so we chose shots of the birds calling out. The photos are from our online galleries . Submit your...

"How does he do that?" "Wow!" "That's a keeper." — just a few of the things Chuck and I have said over the years about photos Brian E. Small has sent us for the magazine. Brian, of course, contributes all of...

In spring and summer, Yellow Warblers can be found throughout the United States and Canada. Both sexes have bright yellow plumage. Adult males have reddish streaks down the front of their breasts; on females the streaks are faint or absent. We spotted...

At left, visible through an opening in dense foliage, an adult Millerbird feeds a chick in its nest on Laysan Island on March 21. At right, the same chick perches a week later beneath a thick naupaka leaf after fledging its nest. Photos by Robby Kohley...

Last week, we featured images of Lincoln’s Sparrow , a bird sometimes confused with Song Sparrow. This week, we show Song Sparrow. (For tips on telling the two apart, take a look at Kenn Kaufman’s “ID Tips” in our April issue,...

In “ID Tips” in our April issue, on newsstands now, bird expert Kenn Kaufman tells how you can identify Lincoln’s Sparrow with confidence. Presented below are five photos of the little charmer, chosen from our online galleries . Submit...

A Tree Swallow peeks out of a PVC-pipe nest tube in northwest Ohio. Photo by Tom Seamans, USDA Wildlife Services. In January, Contributing Editor Laura Erickson wrote on our blog about planning and building birdhouses . She mentioned two designs for...

You can find Mountain Bluebird in the western half of North America. Males lack the rust-colored breasts of Western and Eastern Bluebirds, making them the bluest of the bluebirds. We found the photos below in our online galleries . Enjoy! Submit your...