Identifying bottlenecks -- i.e. places where birds concentrate on migration -- helps bird conservationists know what areas to focus on and get the most bang for their buck, since a large percentage of ...

Migratory birds connect landscapes, countries and even continents through their incredible long-distance journeys. As they travel to and from their breeding grounds, birds use routes known as ‘flyways ...

Every spring and fall, something quietly extraordinary happens above our heads. On a single autumn night with favorable winds ...

This year’s World Migratory Bird Day is dedicated to the world’s major bird flyways—the flight paths of migratory birds that span continents and oceans. These flyways include World Heritage sites that ...

Seth Shteir is the conservation manager for Seattle Audubon and submitted this guest editorial in conjunction with the signing of the Urban Bird Treaty, which will happens in Lincoln Park on May 5.

More than 50 million Americans feed birds, putting out an estimated billion pounds of bird food each year, based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data summarized by bird-feeding researchers. Backyard ...

Bird counts have been taking place over the past several months, including this last weekend, with hundreds of species categorized and thousands seen. One primary attraction to local animal life is ...

Wild geese may fly with the flu on their wings, new research suggests. Scientists have suspected that wild birds may spread the H5N1 avian influenza virus, but the evidence has been inconclusive. The ...

The Bay Area has many beautiful birds, especially around the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve. The 28th annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival is looking to “inform and educate people” about ...