Explore birds in your area and learn to identify them by habitat, season, sound, and visible traits.
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...
Missouri supports a varied group of red birds found across forests, woodlands, open fields, wetlands, farmland, parks, and suburban neighborhoods. These range from familiar year-round residents and colorful summer tanagers to irruptive northern...
Nebraska is the crane capital of North America, hosting one of the world’s greatest wildlife migrations each spring. More than a million Sandhill Cranes gather along the Platte River Valley to rest and refuel before continuing to their northern...
South Carolina supports a diverse community of birds of prey, from widespread species such as Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, and Barred Owl to elegant coastal specialists including Swallow-tailed Kite and Mississippi Kite. The state’s extensive...
Illinois supports a diverse group of red birds found across forests, woodlands, grasslands, wetlands, farmland, parks, and suburban neighborhoods. These range from familiar backyard species and colorful summer tanagers to irruptive northern finches...
Ontario supports a diverse group of blue birds found across habitats ranging from Carolinian forests and Canadian Shield woodlands to wetlands, lakeshores, grasslands, farmland, and suburban neighborhoods. These include familiar species such as the...
Michigan is home to one breeding loon and three additional species that occur as migrants or rare visitors. The Common Loon is a familiar symbol of the state’s northern lakes, nesting across much of the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula...
Minnesota supports a diverse group of red birds across its northern conifer forests, hardwood woodlands, river valleys, open countryside, and residential neighborhoods. Familiar year-round species such as the Northern Cardinal and House Finch are...
Illinois supports a rich variety of yellow birds across its forests, wetlands, prairies, grasslands, farmland, and suburban landscapes. Familiar species such as the American Goldfinch are joined by brightly colored warblers, orioles, meadowlarks...
Michigan is home to two species of cormorants, though only one is widespread and regularly encountered. The Double-crested Cormorant is a familiar sight on the Great Lakes, inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands from spring through fall, while the much...
