Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...

This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North America. Polytypic. Length 8.7". Usually sits in an obvious place or is found in flocks ...

The common brown-headed cowbird is the most widespread brood parasite in North America. Poly­typic ... almost finchlike. Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked.

I looked into a number of extinct birds from all around the world, but few of them shed light on those that I would've lived alongside. Today we're "borrowing" my mom's field guide on the Birds of ...