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Meet the Musical Artists Who Are Paying Royalties to Nature
March 30, 2026 — A lot of musicians use wild sounds in their work. Some are now splitting their profits with the planet.
Arts & Culture
A Downy Woodpecker perches on the side of a house next to the holes and other damage she has made in the wood.
How to Keep Woodpeckers From Drilling Into Your Home
March 30, 2026 — The industrious birds can cause problems if they try to forage or nest in your walls, but there are several ways to safely ward them off.
Bird Questions and Facts
A woman secures a small radio transmitter on the back of a Chimney Swift clinging to her chest.
Chimney Swift Migration Is Full of Mysteries鈥攂ut Rehabbed Birds Could Spill the Species' Secrets
March 30, 2026 — After rescuers at the Sharon 糖心传媒 Center stepped in to save fallen Chimney Swifts, scientists seized a rare chance to tag an enigmatic species.
Bird Science
Two people dressed in bright yellow cold-weather gear stand at the edge of a rocky shoreline, holding a large net and watching a crowded colony of penguins gathered along the coast.
Follow Scientists on a Daring Mission to the Danger Islands, a Penguin-Breeding Stronghold
March 27, 2026 — Home to the world鈥檚 largest known Ad茅lie Penguin population, the Antarctic islands recently gained protected-area status. Now researchers say the seas around the archipelago also need protection to safeguard the breeding colony鈥檚 food supply.
Photo Essay
Two people outside in the rain, one looking up through binoculars.
How to Harness Spring Weather for Spectacular Birding
March 27, 2026 — To get the most out of the season, watch the skies (and radar).
Birding
Aerial landscape of an elevated boardwalk zigzagging through a lush green wetland.
7 Canopy Walks Where You Can Get a Bird鈥檚-Eye View of Spring Migration
March 27, 2026 — Save your neck by getting up to tree level at elevated walks around North America.
Destinations
A Ruffed Grouse stands on a mossy rock at dawn flapping his wings, evident by motion blur.
Here鈥檚 How Ruffed Grouse Make That Wild Drumming Sound鈥攁nd How to Hear it for Yourself
March 27, 2026 — The secretive game bird鈥檚 unique courtship display is a treat for birders and a boon for science.
Bird Behavior
Bird Festivals in Washington
March 26, 2026 — There is a festival or bird count in Washington throughout the year on both sides of the Cascade Mountain Range! Which one will you attend this year?
WASHINGTON Birding News
Two featherless baby birds in a nest beg for food with their heads back and mouths open. One of them is bigger and is stretching its neck higher.
Necks Built for Begging Help Cowbird Chicks Outcompete Their Nestmates for Food
March 26, 2026 — Brown-headed Cowbirds have evolved extra-strong neck muscles to steal meals from their host species' chicks, new research finds.
Bird Science
Owen and Quentin Reiser at their car, seen through a binocular lens with a black vignette. And a photo of Quentin Reiser holding a painted wooden Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Their Birding Documentary Became a Surprise Hit, but the Reiser Brothers Are Just Getting Started
March 26, 2026 — With a new project about their search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the irreverent, road-tripping filmmakers behind 鈥淟isters鈥 are going for more than laughs.
Profiles