Bird's Behavior

A bird's behavior - how it flies, forages, or generally comports itself - is one of the best clues to its identity. Hawks have a "serious" demeanor, crows and jays are "gregarious," and cuckoos are... well, not really. Woodpeckers climb up the sides of tree trunks searching for g ....
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Bird's Habitat

Even if a range map shows that a bird occurs in your neck of the woods, this doesn't mean the bird will be common wherever you go. Birds segregate themselves according to habitat type and are sometimes quite picky in selecting an area as home. Wading birds and ducks, for example, ....
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Birds in General

The oldest bird fossils, of a creature known as Archaeopteryx, display an animal that is practically half bird, half reptile. Though Archaeopteryx is winged and covered with feathers, it also possesses reptile-like teeth, which today's birds do not, and a long, jointed, reptile-l ....
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Identifying Birds

By now you're familiar with the organization of field guides and with some of the different families of birds. You have binoculars and can spot an object with your naked eye and then look at it through the binoculars without having to search for ten minutes. Most importantly, you ....
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Why Bother with Birds ?

Birds are pretty, and it's fascinating to see the variety of sizes and shapes they come in. They do interesting things, and make cheerful sounds. In a world that sometimes can be dreary, birds are a delight to behold.

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