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

Many bird species feature colorful plumage in North America. Discover 11 beautiful yellow and black birds and learn about their locations, habitats, and behavior. The American goldfinch is common ...

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 ...

Polytypic (about 8 ssp. in North and Middle America; birds north of Mexico are cactophilus). Length 7". The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ladder-backed woodpecker extends up to the ...

Photos made in the month of January ... at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton. The trumpeter swan is North America’s largest waterfowl. A small flock of trumpeter swans ...