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Baby birds in a nest

Nestlings' Care & Feeding

Young birds of altricial species are highly dependent on one or both parents for their survival. Without fully developed motor control or feathers, hatchlings begin life as sightless and uncoordinated creatures with...

Nestlings' Care & Feeding

Young birds of altricial species are highly dependent on one or both parents for their survival. Without fully developed motor control or feathers, hatchlings begin life as sightless and uncoordinated creatures with...

Pileated Woodpecker image

Birds are Dinosaurs

Birds evolved from dinosaurs, and now archaeologists have a key fossil that helps explain how one dinosaur could fly.

Birds are Dinosaurs

Birds evolved from dinosaurs, and now archaeologists have a key fossil that helps explain how one dinosaur could fly.

Image of bird nest with eggs

Egg Coloration

Researchers have found that eggshell color for some bird species is influenced by the presence of avian brood parasites.

Egg Coloration

Researchers have found that eggshell color for some bird species is influenced by the presence of avian brood parasites.

Image of Spotted Owl

Passive Acoustics for Conservation

Scientists are using bioacoustic tools to study how birds repopulate an area after wildfires.

Passive Acoustics for Conservation

Scientists are using bioacoustic tools to study how birds repopulate an area after wildfires.

Infographic summary of Haikubox Big Day bird count

Birding by Haikubox

Global Big Day bird count took place in mid-May 2025 and Haikuboxes were listening!

Birding by Haikubox

Global Big Day bird count took place in mid-May 2025 and Haikuboxes were listening!

Bird Nest Types

Bird Nest Types

Bird nests come in many forms and are primarily a place for birds to lay, incubate, and hatch eggs, and many species also raise offspring in the nest. 

Bird Nest Types

Bird nests come in many forms and are primarily a place for birds to lay, incubate, and hatch eggs, and many species also raise offspring in the nest.