Explore birds in your area and learn to identify them by habitat, season, sound, and visible traits.
California is home to four species of cormorants, with three widespread along the coast and one much more localized. Brandt’s and Pelagic Cormorants are characteristic Pacific Coast species closely associated with marine waters and rocky...
Idaho supports a diverse group of woodpeckers across its conifer forests, mountain woodlands, aspen groves, riparian corridors, burned forests, and more open landscapes. The state includes widespread and familiar species such as the Northern...
Florida supports an exceptional variety of large birds across its extensive coastlines, shallow bays, freshwater wetlands, lakes, prairies, forests, and subtropical landscapes. Some rank among the tallest birds, while others stand out through...
Wisconsin supports a varied selection of yellow birds across its forests, wetlands, grasslands, river floodplains, shrublands, and agricultural landscapes. Familiar species such as the American Goldfinch and Common Yellowthroat occur widely, while...
Georgia is home to a varied group of blue birds found across habitats ranging from Appalachian forests and woodland edges to open fields, wetlands, lakes, farms, and suburban neighborhoods. These include the familiar Eastern Bluebird, alongside...
Massachusetts supports a diverse range of yellow birds across its forests, wetlands, grasslands, shrublands, and coastal areas. Familiar species such as the American Goldfinch and Common Yellowthroat occur widely, while warblers and vireos add...
Ohio supports a varied group of herons across its marshes, lakes, rivers, streams, and other wetlands, from widespread Great Blue and Green Herons to secretive bitterns and localized egrets and night herons. The greatest diversity occurs around the...
Michigan supports an impressive variety of large birds across its Great Lakes shorelines, inland lakes, wetlands, forests, and open landscapes. Some stand out for their towering height, while others impress with immense wingspans, heavy bodies, or...
Colorado supports an impressive variety of yellow birds, from familiar backyard finches to meadowlarks and kingbirds of the open plains and colorful warblers and tanagers of mountain forests and streamside woodlands. Some species are brilliant...
North America supports an impressive variety of giant birds, from towering cranes and heavyweight swans to broad-winged raptors, pelicans, and ocean-going seabirds. Some rank among the continent’s tallest, heaviest, or longest-winged species, while...
