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...

We're excited to introduce our website's new "Featured photographer" section. Every month, we'll present a gallery of images from one of our favorite photographers. He or she will hand-pick the photos and will describe each one....

The most exciting thing about birds is that they can show up anywhere, anytime. The ducks below appeared way out of their normal ranges. Lucky for us, the birders who saw them had their cameras at the ready. They shared their photos in our online galleries...