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3 Ways Street-Smart Birds Hacked Human Infrastructure in 2025
December 17, 2025 — Recent studies have uncovered some of the clever ways our avian neighbors are making the most of the urban environment.
Bird Behavior
With a lab coat and gloves on Maria Ortega inspects multiple trays of nest materials in her lab.
Scientists Are Now Finding Microplastics in Backyard Birds
December 17, 2025 — The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. New research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, too.
Bird Science
A flock of Snow Buntings camouflaged in white plumage fly over a snowy field.
Farm Fields Hold a Wonderful Winter Secret: Visiting Arctic Songbirds
December 17, 2025 — Need a nudge to get outdoors when the mercury drops? Take inspiration from these hardy travelers and hit some backroads for a comfy birding adventure.
Birding Advice
An Unexpected Baby Boom Is Bringing Snowy Owls South This Winter
December 16, 2025 — A nonprofit science group has discovered a great deal about the species over the past decade, but the irruption shows that Snowies still have the power to surprise.
Bird News
A male and female mallard swim next to each other with their heads lowered.
Watch For These Early-Bird Mating Displays This Winter
December 16, 2025 — Not every species waits until spring to start wooing their partners.
Bird Behavior
A Common Grackle vocalizes with its beak wide open and wings outstretched, perching on a cattail.
10 Fun Facts About the Common Grackle
December 10, 2025 — Scrappy, adaptable, and cosmopolitan, this blackbird is a survivor worth celebrating.
Bird Questions and Facts
A person's hands sort through small bones and bits of fur with a toothpick on a white surface.
Where Do Owl Pellets Actually Come From? Inside the Unusual Business of Bird Barf
December 02, 2025 — From roost to retail, a network of field scouts and suppliers collect and process the regurgitated balls of bones that students dissect in science classrooms across the country.
Bird Science
An entirely white Common Loon raises its wings, floating on a lake.
‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Photos Capture a Rare White Loon’s First Summer
November 07, 2025 — Montana photographer Tony Gangemi documented a season in the life of a leucistic Common Loon, from its first days as a “little cotton ball” up until its first flight.
Photography & Videography
Why it’s Essential for BLM to Complete its Sage-Grouse Management Plans Without Delay
October 28, 2025 — An iconic bird has disappeared from parts of its range
Public Lands
A Barn Owl stands with its eyes closed on a snowy branch with other branches framing the scene and a snowy white background.
10 Fun Facts About the American Barn Owl
October 24, 2025 — What’s not to love about birds that have heart-shaped faces, hunt in silence, and scream like Banshees?
Bird Questions and Facts