Birds

Birds
Audubon Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

The "flame bird" is one of North America's most unusual looking waders.

By the Audubon Editors
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Turn Your Yard into a Hummingbird Spectacular

Make smart plant choices your backyard can host these tiny miracles (and help scientists).

By Scott Weidensaul
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Remarkably Curious and Intelligent, Crows and Ravens Deserve a Closer Look

A new book offers a look at the lives of these smart, charismatic birds.

By John Marzluff and Tony Angell/Photography by David Liittschwager
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Night Lights May Affect Urban Birds

Birds exposed to artificial light in cities get an early start to mating season.

By Daisy Yuhas
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A Comeback for the Passenger Pigeon?

A new project aims bring a famous bird back from extinction.

By Brandon Keim
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What Makes Bird Vision So Cool

The way birds see the world at large is vastly different from the way we do.

By Tim Birkhead
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Audubon Magazine

War Rages on Cape Hatteras

The Interior Department has pledged to put wildlife before recreation in our national parks, but on a North Carolina national seashore, it’s letting off-road vehicles run amok, imperiling birds and people.
By Ted Williams/Photography by John Loomis
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Excerpt: When Women Were Birds

A renowned memoirist and conservationist reflects on Wangari Maathai, a force for  nature and social justice.
By Terry Tempest Williams
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Audubon Magazine

The Puffin Man

A project that began modestly on a small island in Maine is today helping to save seabirds all over the world.
By Frank Graham Jr.
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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Audubon Magazine

Housing Development Could Threaten Arizona’s San Pedro River

Development could pull water from a critical migratory bird stopover site.
By Peter Friederici
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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A Mail Ma'am's Mission to Protect Bluebirds

A Virginia letter carrier has turned her route into a haven for nesting eastern bluebirds.
By Michele Berger/Photography by Jeff Hutchens
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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DIY: Build a Bluebird Box

With a few tools and materials, you can make a home for bluebirds in your backyard. 
By Jesse Grantham
Type: Magazine_article | From: Audubon Magazine
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