The smallest member of the sandpiper family, no bigger than a sparrow. This is the sandpiper most likely to be seen on small bodies of water inland. On sandy riverbanks, lake shores, and edges of ...

National Audubon Society, a leader in bird conservation across the Americas, and HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions), renowned for its commitment to sustainable expedition cruising, have partnered to offer ...

Colorado-based artist Isa Catto grew up birding in the Virginia woods adjacent to the Potomac River, wielding an Audubon checklist and pair of binoculars gifted by her godfather and lifelong bird ...

Take the winning clip in the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards, which shows two Purple Gallinules aggressively fending off an ...

Help us understand how climate is affecting the birds around you Since 2016, Climate Watch volunteers have collected data which Audubon scientists are able to use to document in peer reviewed research ...

The Americas Flyways Initiative (AFI) is a symbiosis for prosperity that combines cutting-edge applied science and agile ...

The figure of this noble bird is well known throughout the civilized world, emblazoned as it is on our national standard, which waves in the breeze of every clime, bearing to distant lands the ...

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This little bird has no song, at least I never heard any from it, excepting a delicate soft whirr, ejaculated whilst it stands erect on the top of some rank weed or low bush. Its nest, which forms by ...

A close relative of the Marbled Murrelet, formerly regarded as belonging to the same species. The Long-billed Murrelet nests along the coast of Siberia, and shows up as a very rare wanderer to the ...

Audubon called this bird the 'Missouri skylark,' because he found it singing in the sky over the prairies along the upper Missouri River. Sprague's Pipit delivers its breathy flight-song while ...

In open country of the west, the Western Kingbird is often seen perched on roadside fences and wires, flying out to snap up insects -- or to harass ravens, hawks, or other large birds that stray too ...