Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman, field editor, Audubon magazine. North America is home to more than 20 species of birds that are mostly red or prominently feature red plumage, including the House Finch, ...

If you’ve ever witnessed a Pileated Woodpecker chiseling away at a tree trunk, you might have wondered if all that wood pecking was taking a toll on the tree. Pileated nest holes, after all, can ...

Often shown in documentaries about the Galapagos, where pairs bow and shuffle and show off their blue feet, the Blue-footed Booby also nests as far north as western Mexico. In some years, small ...

Most kinds of pheasants are shy forest birds of Asia. The Ring-neck, better adapted to open country, has been introduced as a game bird to several parts of the world, including North America. Here it ...

A big sea-duck of Arctic waters. Well adapted to frigid climates, diving and swimming underwater in seas near the freezing point, resting on ice floes. In its normal range, the King Eider is generally ...

The trademark white rump patch is usually hidden by the long wings, which are a clue to this bird's long migrations. Many fly annually from Canada's Arctic islands to the southern tip of South America ...

This big cinnamon-colored sandpiper inhabits the northern Great Plains in summer. When it leaves the prairies, the Marbled Godwit goes to coastal regions and becomes quite gregarious. Large flocks ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

Marshall Johnson serves as Audubon’s Chief Conservation Officer. In this role Marshall leads Audubon’s strategic conservation efforts across the Western Hemisphere, overseeing science, policy, state ...

Honoring American women whose work has greatly advanced conservation locally and globally. Audubon’s Rachel Carson Award is a national award which honors American women whose work has greatly advanced ...

Each spring, millions of birds travel thousands of miles from Latin America and the Caribbean to their breeding grounds as far north as the Arctic. Months later, winter sets in, these migrants make ...