Seagulls typically mate with the same partner for many years but don't necessarily mate for life. These coastal birds form strong, lasting pair bonds that can endure for multiple breeding seasons, ...

Night falls differently in Alabama when you're listening for owls. The state hosts an impressive variety of these nocturnal hunters, from the abundant Barred Owl to the rarely-glimpsed Burrowing Owl, ...

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 ...

Two species of condor live in the United States – California and Andean – and both rank among the world’s largest birds of prey. But just what do these giant vultures eat to satisfy their dietary ...

There are over sixty known Eagle species distributed on every continent except Antarctica. These graceful and powerful hunters are among the world’s largest birds of prey, with some reaching weights ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is the world's largest songbird and one of nearly two-dozen species in its genus. They have a vast global distribution, and one of the keys to their success is a ...

The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is an instantly recognizable bird from the Strigidae family. These beautiful owls breed in the far north, from Alaska to Greenland and from Northwestern Europe to ...

There are 13 species of kestrel in the falcon genus, but only one lives in the Americas - the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), and is divided into 17 subspecies distributed from Canada and Alaska ...