Sep 02 2025
Geese may be famous for waddling across lawns and gathering around ponds, but much of their day is actually devoted to one simple activity: finding food. So, what do geese like to eat? Geese primarily eat grasses, tender shoots, leaves, aquatic plants, seeds, grains, roots, and other plant material. Depending on the species and habitat, …
May 11 2025
Most songbirds spend their lives among branches, grasses, and open skies. The American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) takes a very different approach. This stocky gray bird makes its home beside cold, rushing streams—and routinely plunges directly into them. American Dippers can swim, dive, and even move along rocky streambeds while searching for food. They are considered …
Apr 26 2025
A trip to the beach can be about much more than swimming, seashells, and sunsets. Coastal shorelines are among the most exciting places to watch birds, offering everything from tiny sandpipers racing ahead of the waves to pelicans gliding over the surf. Bird watching at the beach is especially rewarding because many species are easy …
Apr 25 2025
Discover the Backyard Birds of North Carolina North Carolina is a wonderful place to become a backyard birdwatcher. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the state contains an impressive variety of forests, fields, wetlands, pine woods, gardens, and suburban neighborhoods. More than 400 migratory, wintering, and year-round bird …
Apr 19 2025
Sandpipers are among the most fascinating—and sometimes most challenging—birds to identify. A flock feeding across a mudflat may initially look like dozens of nearly identical little brown-and-white birds. Look more carefully, however, and differences begin to emerge. One bird has yellow legs, another has black legs. One has a short, straight bill, while another carries …
Apr 17 2025
The Evening Grosbeak is one of North America’s most dramatic finches. With an oversized bill, bold white wing patches, and flashes of yellow and black, an adult male can look almost tropical when it lands at a snowy winter bird feeder. Females are more subdued, but their combination of gray, olive, yellow, black, and white …
Apr 14 2025
Puffins have an almost irresistible combination of features: bright bills, expressive faces, compact bodies, and a slightly awkward walk that makes them look as though they are always hurrying somewhere important. Yet beneath their charming appearance is a remarkably well-adapted seabird capable of spending months on the open ocean and pursuing fish deep beneath the …
Apr 12 2025
Birds are among the most visible signs of a healthy environment. They fill forests with song, patrol fields for insects, pollinate flowers, disperse seeds, and migrate thousands of miles between seasonal habitats. So when birds begin disappearing—or when several dead birds suddenly appear in a neighborhood—it is understandable to wonder what is happening. There is …
Apr 11 2025
Discover the beauty and power of the American kestrel, a small but mighty bird of prey. Learn about their habitat, behavior, and conservation efforts in this informative article.
Mar 09 2025
Bird watching becomes a completely different experience when you can see the fine details that are impossible to appreciate with the naked eye. A distant speck suddenly becomes a Red-tailed Hawk. A tiny bird moving through the canopy reveals a bright eye ring or wing bar. Shorebirds that once seemed identical begin to show differences …
