Category Archives: Birds

August 26, 2015 Live From a California Condor Nest! Our newest cam focuses on one of the most iconic and hard-to-observe species in North America: the California Condor. The cliffside nest cavity on camera in the Sespe Condor Sanctuary is home to … Continue reading →

  We cordially invite the members of the Palomar Audubon Society to attend the 2016 Laredo Birding Festival, scheduled for February 3-6.  Laredo has a rich and diverse river ecosystem that is home to hundreds of migratory birds and local species, … Continue reading →

Watch nesting California condors and their chicks via live-streaming webcams near the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in southern California and at the Ventana Wildlife Society’s Condor Sanctuary in Big Sur along the central California … Continue reading →

When the weather cools down, people hide in their warm dwellings, bears hibernate in caves, and all of nature seems to take a step back, trying to stay warm. When it comes to birds, their options are fairly limited, so … Continue reading →

Documents indicate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service knew long before it approved plans to kill tens of thousands of protected seabirds in an effort to protect endangered salmon and steelhead that the birds played no role in the fishes’ … Continue reading →

A newsletter from Team eBird at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Become an eBird Partner We’d like to invite you to become an eBird Partner — a small group of dedicated eBirders who support eBird by making an automatic monthly … Continue reading →

Owls have some of the most beautiful eyes in the animal kingdom. They are excellent hunters, and rely on night vision to capture their prey with ease. They are said to represent wisdom, since owls are highly intelligent creatures. The … Continue reading →

SEAHORSE KEY — The din created by thousands of nesting birds is usually the first thing you notice about Seahorse Key, a 150-acre mangrove-covered dune off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Cedar Key and Sumner. Source: Thousands of birds abandon eggs, … Continue reading →

        Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Bird Watch on March 24, 2013 “This award-winning photograph was taken by Owen Deutsch in Fox Lake, IL and is a North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) … Continue reading →

Birds need to nest. It is where they raise their young and find shelter. They can get quite creative about their choice of locations, however, and it can be quite surprising to see just how clever they can be when … Continue reading →

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Visipedia have collaborated to develop Merlin, a machine-learning program that helps to identify various species of birds in a photograph, both at home and in the field. Merlin, available both online and as… Source: … Continue reading →

Bird Photography by John & Fish Meet John & Fish. This brother and sister duo have been photographing birds since 2006. Amazed by the beauty of nature, they began taking pictures of the birds of Taiwan and soon opened up … Continue reading →

A professor’s hunch is that birds are saying much more in warning of danger than previously suspected, and that other animals have evolved to understand the signals. Source: When Birds Squawk, Other Species Seem to Listen – NYTimes.com

Happy Garden for Wildlife Month! This is a special time of the year to rally gardeners, wildlife lovers and anyone interested in going the extra mile for local birds, butterflies and other wildlife. For many gardeners, there’s no greater thrill … Continue reading →

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