Purple finches and house finches are often confused with one another in North America, but purple finches have more color, described by Roger Tory Peterson as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice,” ...

Here’s a look at these easygoing birds of North America and the qualities that ... Learn more about red-winged blackbirds.

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America ... from gray to pale horn in color. The head often shows a ...

Most birds do not make their own color pigments. Instead, they get them from their diets. Cardinals, for instance, get their bright red feathers from snacking on berries and seeds that contain ...

Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America ... to be more colorful in the ...

Mid-October in the Northland means many trees in the deciduous forests are dropping their leaves after a colorful ending ... now in October is the American pipit. The birds are about 7 inches ...

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds. Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo is one of only two institutions breeding the species this year, and there are only 45 plush-crested ...

Parenting a flock of Northern Bald Ibises is a demanding job. For the past six months, biologists Barbara Steininger and Helena Wehner have spent every day hand-feeding and raising dozens of these ...

Dumetella carolinensis), is a medium-sized North American and Central ... and by whether the study birds could learn to associate a certain color with a food reward, and then, the next day ...

2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful raptor-like feet, according to a new ... Oct. 4, 2024 — A new study shows environmental ...